Robin Anderson ’39

Robin died May 12, 2002, in Newbury, Ohio.

After graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1943, he joined the Army and served as a plastic surgeon. Honorably discharged as a major in 1945, he continued his surgical training at Ohio State U. and Washington U. in St. Louis, where he worked with Elden Byers, one of the pioneers in the field. In 1951 he moved to Cleveland, where he founded the Dept. of Plastic Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic and remained there for the next 28 years.

In 1980, Robin was elected vice chairman of the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is remembered for his wide range of interests, from collecting contemporary art to building and repairing harpsichords, and a love of skiing, sailing, and mountain climbing. A music lover, he played the flute, sang with the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, and served on the board of the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 1979 he retired from the Cleveland Clinic and moved to Steamboat Springs, Colo., returning to Ohio shortly before his death. To Diane, his wife of 30 years, his four children by his first wife, and his seven grandchildren, we offer our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1939