Joseph Howard Marcy ’41

Joe died May 31, 2005.

He prepared at Wilkinsburg (Pa.) High School. At Princeton he majored in modern languages and literature, graduating with honors. He was a member of Key & Seal.

He started medical school at the University of Pennsylvania after graduation and took the Army's ASTP program as part of his training. He interned at St. Francis Hospital in Pittsburgh.

As a doctor just out of internship, Joe served two years as a medical officer in the U.S., separating as a captain in 1947. He completed his anesthesiology residency at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in 1950, and then joined the anesthesia staff at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago. Joe then became director of the Department of Anesthesiology at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh from 1955 to 1977 and was professor of anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine from 1969 to 1984.

Never married, Joe is survived by his sister, Jane Pritchard, and his three nephews, Donald Jr., Joseph, and David.

The Class of 1941