Joseph Weston Segura ’61

Joe Segura lost his battle with mesothelioma, a form of cancer, May 23, 2006, at his home in Rochester, Minn.

Born in Little Rock, Ark., in 1940, he grew up in Louisville, Ky., and entered Princeton from St. Xavier High School. At Princeton Joe majored in psychology, took his meals at Cloister, and roomed with Doug Kerr, John McCobb, Phil Shambaugh, Jeff Morgan, and Ray Unger.

Joe attended med school at Northwestern, spent two years as a Peace Corps physician in Chile, and did his residency at the Mayo Clinic, where he spent the rest of his career. As its Carl Rosen Professorship of Urology, he was a distinguished urologist who specializied in the treatment of kidney stones.

Obituaries for Joe that appeared nationwide mentioned his international leadership in the field and his many publications, professional association leadership positions, and awards. In endourology, an endoscopic kidney technique, he was considered "the father of the field." In a tribute, his colleagues wrote, "We will not see the likes of him again — old school, honest, hard-working, 100 percent reliable, always there for you."

Joe is survived by five daughters, Alison '91, Sarah, Cynthia, Leal, and Felice; two granddaughters; two brothers; and a sister. We join them in mourning the passing of our classmate.