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Dr Theodore Crandall Alford Jr.

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Dr Theodore Crandall Alford Jr.

Birth
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA
Death
20 Oct 2003 (aged 79)
Collier County, Florida, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section: T, Lot: 161, Grave: 2
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He was predeceased by his wife, Patricia Tully Alford who died in 2000. Dr. Alford is survived by his children, Regan Forrester; Susan Alford; Theodore C. Alford, III; Terence John Tully Alford and 3 grandchildren. He is also survived by his second wife, Betty M. and 9 step-children.

A Captain in the US Navy, Dr. Alford helped establish the first American hospital, Bad Kreuznach in occupied Germany.

Dr. Alford had graduated from Johns Hopkins University and went on to do a surgical oncology fellowship at Sloane Kettering Memorial Hospital in New York City. Later, he became one of the first head and neck oncology surgeons in the Washington, DC area.

A professor of surgery at George Washington University Medical Center, he also did research at the National Institutes of Health in the field of cancer. He made many contributions on the genetic potential for the identification and treatment of cancers.
He was predeceased by his wife, Patricia Tully Alford who died in 2000. Dr. Alford is survived by his children, Regan Forrester; Susan Alford; Theodore C. Alford, III; Terence John Tully Alford and 3 grandchildren. He is also survived by his second wife, Betty M. and 9 step-children.

A Captain in the US Navy, Dr. Alford helped establish the first American hospital, Bad Kreuznach in occupied Germany.

Dr. Alford had graduated from Johns Hopkins University and went on to do a surgical oncology fellowship at Sloane Kettering Memorial Hospital in New York City. Later, he became one of the first head and neck oncology surgeons in the Washington, DC area.

A professor of surgery at George Washington University Medical Center, he also did research at the National Institutes of Health in the field of cancer. He made many contributions on the genetic potential for the identification and treatment of cancers.


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