John Thornton Dunn ’54

Jake, a U. Va. School of Medicine professor, died of a heart attack Apr. 9, 2004, at his home.

A native Washingtonian, Jake graduated from Episcopal HS in Alexandria. At Princeton, he majored in biology. He graduated from Duke U. School of Medicine in 1958, interned at NY Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, and completed his residency training at the U. of Utah. He subsequently completed a fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Jake spent his career involved in public- health issues related to the treatment of thyroid disease. He and other scientists brought the issue to the attention of the World Health Organization and UNICEF, which agreed to a grant program — funded by the Kiwanis and the Gates Foundation — to eliminate thyroid-related mental retardation by proper iodine diet by 2005.

The class extends its sincere sympathy to Jake's wife of 42 years, Ann Davis Dunn, three children, a brother and sister, and two grandchildren.

The Class of 1954