Walter B. Buck ’33

Walter Buck died in his sleep at his home in Brooklandville, Md., on Sept. 12, 2000. He was 89.

He was a graduate of the Gilman School and received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins in 1939. He practiced internal medicine in Baltimore for almost 50 years. With his carefully hand-tied bow ties, Oxford button-down shirts, tweed jackets, and seersucker suits, he had the demeanor of the consummate country doctor. Calmly, and in practical terms, he dispensed medical advice with ample doses of understanding and empathy. He was adored by his patients.

During WWII, he served with the Johns Hopkins Unit, the 18th General Hospital in the Fiji Islands, Asia, and Egypt. He was discharged with the rank of maj.

Walter is survived by his wife of 64 years, Caroline Cromwell, sons, Walter B. Jr. and Thomas B., a daughter, Mary Cromwell, and six grandchildren. We will miss him very much.

The Class of 1933