Perry M. G. Austin Jr. ’44

Perry died Feb. 12, 2004, in Towson, Md.

He prepared at Thatcher School in California and majored in biology at Princeton, where he was a member of Elm Club. He graduated from Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1947, and was a research fellow at Johns Hopkins.

He served in the Air Force Medical Corps during the Korean War, was discharged as a captain, and promptly went to Turkey to marry Sally Evans, daughter of his former commanding officer. Perry's father, an Episcopal rector, presided at the Embassy service.

He joined the Lock Raven VA Hospital and rose to be chief of outpatient services. Perry was on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the U. of Maryland Medical Center. He was a member of Sigma Xi and a devotee of choral music.

In addition to his wife, he leaves sons Christopher '82, David, and Peter, and six grandchildren, to whom his classmates send their condolences.

The Class of 1944