John Underhill Gardner ’47

John died Mar. 31, 1999, of bone marrow failure at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, Mass.

Born in Long Branch, N.J. he graduated from Mercersburg Academy.

From 1943-46 John was in the Army Signal Corps and was discharged with the rank of second lieutenant.

He entered Princeton in the fall of '46 and earned his AB in June '49. John graduated from New York Medical College in 1953 and completed an internship at Emergency Hospital in Washington, D.C. This was followed by four years in a fellowship in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic. He earned his master's in medicine at the U. of Minnesota in 1958.

From 1958 until his retirement in 1996, John was in private practice in internal medicine in New Bedford. He served as medical director and v.p. of medical affairs at St. Luke's. A knowledgeable and avid antique enthusiast and dealer, he owned and operated Grand Union Antiques.

His first wife, of 40 years, Virginia, predeceased him. To his widow, Helen, sons John and Thomas, daughters Sarah Cunningham and Eve, sister Patricia Pardee, and seven grandchildren, the class extends its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1947