Mark Pentecost Jr. ’47

Mark died Nov. 10, 2014, in Atlanta.

A fourth-generation Atlanta native, Mark prepped at the McCallie School and entered Princeton in 1943. After two years of Navy service, he graduated cum laude in 1948. Mark was a member of Cottage Club, played varsity soccer, and was business manager of The Daily Princetonian.

He attended Emory University’s medical school, graduating in 1953, and did his residency at Johns Hopkins until 1958. During his 38 years of ob-gyn practice at Atlanta’s Piedmont Hospital, he served as the hospital’s foundation board chairman. He held board positions at Fayette County Hospital, A.G. Rhodes Health and Rehab, the Westminster Schools, the Atlanta Mission, and the Piedmont Driving Club. A lifetime member of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, Mark served as deacon, ruling elder, and trustee.

Mark married Martha Mann in 1949. In memory of this accomplished classmate and servant to Atlanta, the class sends its memories to Martha; children Mark III ’76, Martha, and Claire; and six grandchildren.