Joseph L. T. Nicholson ’32

Joe Nicholson died Jan. 31, 1999, at Dunwoody Village in Newtown Square, Pa.

Joe earned his medical degree at the U. of Pennsylvania, where he completed his internship, residency, and a fellowship. He practiced family medicine in Devon, Pa., for over 45 years, retiring seven years ago. A longtime attending physician at Bryn Mawr Hospital, he was a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Society of Internal Medicine, the American Medical Assn., the Nassau Club of Princeton, and the Seaside Park [N.J.] Yacht Club.

During WWII, he entered the Army Medical Corps, became attached to the 24th Station Hospital, and spent a year in Palestine and a year in Assam, India, where he was chief of the medical service. Returning to the U.S., he became chief of the G-I section of Thomas M. England General Hospital in Atlantic City, retiring in 1945 with the rank of captain, later major. He taught for two years at the U. Hospital at Pennsylvania, became a diplomate of the Board of Internal Medicine, and in 1947 entered the practice of general medicine.

Joe's wife of 56 years, Helen Schureman, died in 1995. He is survived by daughters Katherine N. Biddle, Roberta N. Elmore, and Jean N. Morrison, seven grandchildren, two greatgrandchildren, and two brothers. The class mourns with them the death of this doctor and gentleman.

The Class of 1932