John Putnam Brodsky ’52

Put was a graduate of the New York Military Academy. He majored in biology, looking toward his career in medicine, and was a member of Orange Key, Westminster Fellowship, and the Pre-Med Society. He joined Campus, where he became president. His roommates were Al Gonzalez, Mike Ely, Tom Sour, and Hugh Folk.

He earned a medical degree at Columbia, then served two years as a captain in the Army. Afterward, he established his practice in Rumson, N.J., and served at Riverview Hospital as chief of medicine, co-director of the respiratory intensive-care unit, and director of the drug rehab center. He was the Rumson fire and police surgeon, president of the Rumson board of health, and an elder in the First  Presbyterian Church. Space limits prevent our mentioning the many organizations of which he was a board member.

Welcome wherever he went, Put was president of our class for a period in which we had our 65th reunion, and he presided with customary cheer and competence. Alas, he died Nov. 20, 2018. He is survived by his children John ’79, Carolyn, and Rob, with whom all in the class who knew Put join in grieving.