Raymond J. McGill Jr. ’52

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Ray was an alumnus of Lawrenceville. At Princeton he majored in biology and roomed with Carl Bickert, Fred Atwood, and Earl Moore. He joined Charter Club, the Catholic Club, the Republican Club, the Pre-med Society, and the German Club.

Ray enlisted in the Army, serving in Korea with the Airborne Regiment, then with the U.N. Partisan Infantry in covert operations. Later he was discharged from the Army Reserve with a commission as a second lieutenant.

He earned a medical degree at Johns Hopkins and did a residency in dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital, returning to teach at Hopkins for several years. He opened his private practice of dermatology and cosmetic surgery in Baltimore, where he worked until 1996.

In 1976, Ray married Helen Owens. He died Oct. 23, 2004, leaving her and her son, Parker. To them, the class offers regrets and an apology for the tardiness of this memorial.

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