Solon Palmer Jr. ’40

“So,” as we knew him, died May 28, 2014, in Carlsbad, Calif.

Born in New York City, he came to us from the Dalton School and Riverdale Country School. At Princeton he majored in biology and fenced. So was a member of the Glee Club, the Gun Club, and the Skeet Club.

Following Princeton, So attended medical school at Columbia and then at Cornell, graduating in 1944. He became an officer in the Army Medical Corps at Fort Knox, emerging as a captain. After Army service he joined the first medical division at Bellevue Hospital, where he worked with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Andre Cournand. In 1950, he and his family relocated to La Jolla, Calif., where he entered private practice. He was founding chairman of the International Center at the University of California, San Diego.

So was predeceased by Peg, his wife of 67 years. He is survived by three children, Margaret, Barbara, and Solon III; three grandchildren; and a cousin.