Rob Roy MacGregor III ’60

At Glen Ridge (N.J.) High School, Rob Roy stood out as captain of the football team, student council president, and an active chorister. At Princeton, he sang in the Glee Club, the Chapel Choir, and with the Tigertones. He added Chapel deacon, a biology major, and membership in Cap and Gown to that busy schedule.

Rob Roy’s graduate education began at Harvard Medical School. Pausing to marry Peggy in 1964, he went on to internship and residency at Boston City Hospital and then to a two-year fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C. During that time, they both became committed to their Christian faith and resolved to apply it in their efforts on behalf of others.

Completing his residency and studying infectious disease in Seattle, Rob Roy joined the Penn School of Medicine in 1971. He co-founded the Division of Infectious Diseases there and made important contributions to the treatment and care of HIV patients. He founded Penn’s Infectious Diseases Clinic in 1988. It was renamed in his honor in 2006, after his retirement in 2005. Rob Roy was honored many times during his career for his medical, social, and cultural achievements.

Rob Roy died of kidney failure May 12, 2022. He is survived by Peggy, their three children, and their families, to all of whom we offer our sympathy.