William P. Graham III ’55

Bill died peacefully Oct. 7, 2006, at home in Wellington, Fla., from complications of multiple system atrophy.

Bill came to Princeton from Mechanicsburg (Pa.) High School. Majoring in biology, he was captain of the varsity rifle team for three years. He joined Tower Club and roomed with Neil Bartley and Oral Miller senior year.

After graduation Bill attended the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, interned at Colorado General Hospital in Denver, then completed his surgical residency at the University of California, San Francisco. He returned to Penn for further training in plastic surgery and settled in Mechanicsburg, where he became professor of surgery and chief of the division of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey.

Bill was elected chairman of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, served on the boards of several related societies, and co-edited what was, for many years, the definitive text on hand surgery. He authored more than 300 papers in his specialty. Following a distinguished 40-year career, a professorship in his name was established at Penn State's Division of Plastic Surgery.

To his wife, Anne; his daughters from a previous marriage, Swan and Elizabeth; and his granddaughter, Miriam, the class extends deepest sympathy.