Leon Goldman ’50

Leon died Oct. 21, 2021, in Sun Valley, Idaho.

A son of Russian immigrants, he came to Princeton from the Bronx (N.Y.) High School of Science. At Princeton he graduated with highest honors in chemistry and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a medical degree from Johns Hopkins in 1954, interned at Stanford University Hospital, and continued a three-year residency there, specializing in otolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat) and head and neck surgery. 

He spent the next two years at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas, where he established the ear, nose, and throat department in a new base hospital. He returned to the Bay Area to join the Permanente Medical Group. In 1962 he moved to Los Angeles as chief of otolaryngology, establishing that department at the group’s hospital in Bellflower, Calif. He retained that post until his retirement. 

Leon and his family vacationed in Sun Valley for more than 50 years, spending a month each winter and a month each summer enjoying the area’s various activities. He moved there permanently after his retirement. 

Leon is survived by his wife, Linda; children Nancy, Renee, Susan, and Brian; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son Scott.