Samuel Finley Thomas ’35

SAMUEL F. THOMAS, a distinguished neurologist in N.Y.C., died of an aneurism on May 31, 1989, in Salt Lake City, where he and his wife, Ruth Larson Thomas, had lived since he retired.

After he earned his M.D. at Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons, Sam served as a major in the Army Air Force Medical Corps. He practiced neurology and psychiatry for 30 years, notably on the staff of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, and for a time was a professor of neurology at his alma mater, "P&S." Sam's professional, personal, and extracurricular talents and interests were thus described in a tribute by Dr. Arthur J. Lennon, the president of the St. Luke's Medical Board: "The Medical Board of St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center notes with sadness the death of Samuel F. Tho¬mas, M.D., former Director of the Division of Neurology of St Luke's and a neurologist on the staff from 1946 to 1975. He was the recipient of the St. Luke's Alumni Society Citation of Merit in 1984. Dr. Thomas will be remembered for his dedication to his profession, his compassionate care and his intelligent guidance. He will also be remembered as an avid poet, a mountain climber and a man who was fluent in many languages."

The class extends its sincere sympathy to his widow; to Susan Faith Chatfield Taylor, his daughter by his earlier marriage to Elizabeth Mernore; and to his stepson, Al¬fred Larson.

The Class of 1935