Thomas M. McMillan III ’44

A pioneering cardiologist in New Jersey for more than 40 years, Tom died April 7, 2005, in the former Burlington County Memorial Hospital (now Virtua Memorial), where he founded its cardiac-care unit, and where a new wing bears his name.

He thanked Princeton "for nourishing my love for subjects not purely scientific." He majored in English; sang in the Chapel Choir; was active in golf, and was a member of Westminster Society and Colonial Club. His roommates were Reg Bishop and John Price.

Tom earned his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School with classmate Hank Russell, who married Tom's sister, Frances, in 1946 and thinks of him as a brother. Tom also served an Army tour of medical service in the Pentagon. In 1963, he became chief of cardiology at Burlington and later chief of internal medicine. He was a president of the New Jersey Heart Association. Music (piano and pipe organ) and horticulture (growing prize orchids) were other devotions.

Tom is survived by Sheila , his wife of 55 years; son Thomas; daughters Katherine and Linda; another sister, Julia; and six grandchildren. His Princeton antecedents went back to the Class of 1888. Our warm condolences go to his family.

The Class of 1944