Blain, Donald G. MD, FACS, of St. Clair Shores, Mich., born 1924, died May 20, 2014. His parents were Dr. and Mrs. Alexander W. Blain of Grosse Pointe. Dr. Alexander W. Blain founded the Blain Clinic in 1911 and the Alexander Blain (Teaching) Hospital in 1924 which had complete residencies in general surgery and internal medicine. He was Professor of Clinical Surgery at Wayne. The hospital was named after his father who joined the Union Army in Detroit as a sharp shooter later becoming head of the Detroit Department of Parks and Boulevards and Elmwood Cemetery.
Don married Grace Carpenter in 1955, Honor Student and Valedictorian of her Class at Frederick, Maryland High School, and also graduated from the Church Home Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore. She was a horsewoman and civic leader, who survives him along with son Ian Donald (Donna) Blain and daughters Elizabeth Ann Johnson (Charles, JR.) and Patricia Droneberg Blain, and grandson Eric Johnson.
They lived on Balfour and Lake Court in Grosse Pointe, Jefferson in St. Clair Shores, and Blain Island, Waterford, Mich. as well as Lewistown, Montana, and Cody, Wyoming.
Don attended the Detroit University School (now University Liggett), The Hill School, Princeton, Wayne Medical School, and taught at Wake Forest Medical School and was also on the faculty of Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming. He served as Captain, US Air Force, Medical Officer to the 121st Fighter Squadron during the Korean War. He was Assistant Director of the Alexander Blain Hospital. He became President of the Macomb County Medical Society, also the Michigan Branch of the American Urological Association, and founded the Oakland Macomb County Professional Standards Review Organization representing all their doctors for quality in medicine. He was the Admissions Chairman of the American Association of Clinical Urologists. He was one of six Urologists in Michigan in the International Society of Urology in 1985. He lectured in the US, Europe, and South America. He belonged to the Alpine Club in Westcliffe, Colorado, the Detroit Club, the Detroit Racquet Club, the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club (board), the Country Club of Detroit, the Metamora Hunt, The Metamora Club, the Princeton Clubs of Michigan and New York, and the Sedgefield Hunt in Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Annapolis Roads Club in Maryland, He was President of the Detroit Science Museum Society (to bring a Natural Science Museum to Detroit). He served on the Boards of the Alexander Blain Hospital, West Park Hospital in Cody, WY, the Detroit Surgical Association, the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club, the Michigan Doctors Political Action Committee (Secretary Treasurer), the University Liggett School Alumni Board, the St. Andrews Society, the Grosse Pointe Senior Men's Club (of 800), Historian, and the Grosse Pointe Rotary Foundation- President. In the West, he was President of Rotary in Lewistown, Montana. He reviewed Montana hospitals for Continuing Medical Education Accreditation. In Wyoming, he served on the Boards of the West Park Hospital, the Wyoming Center for the Book, the Park County Libraries, the Cody Chamber of Commerce, the Park County Yellowstone Regional Airport, and was appointed to the State of Wyoming Workman's Compensation Medical Commission, working until 2004. He was appointed Vice Chairman the Park County Republican Committee and, for six years, was Commander of the American Legion in Cody. While there, he was Treasurer of the National Coalition against Legalized Gambling and a registered lobbyist which kept commercial gambling out of Wyoming. St. Joseph Hospital (Now Ford) in Mount Clemens gave him the Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also head of Urology for the Henry Ford Hospital Hall Road Satellite. He was an Honorary Life Member of the Nature Conservancy. He was in Who's Who in the Midwest and in Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care. His fraternities were Gamma Delta Psi and Nu Sigma Nu. At 79, he was first in the 25 meter freestyle swim in the State of Wyoming Senior Olympics (class 75-79). He gave the principle address at the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. He played Varsity Basketball at age 14. He was an avid Fox Hunter with Horse and Hound (fox not killed) and enjoyed motorcycling, power boating, ice boating, and flying (soloed in 1945), literature, poetry, and photography. He requested no funeral. His ashes will be in the family plot in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit. Any remembrance may be made to a local Humane Society.
Published in Daily Tribune on May 23, 2014
MEMORIAL
Donald Gray Blain ’46
By Princeton Alumni Weekly, Published in the December 2, 2015 Issue
In 2003, when he was 79 years old, Don took first place in the 25-meter freestyle swim in the Wyoming Senior Olympics. Whether it was sailing an iceboat, piloting a private aircraft high above Wyoming, or making key decisions as admissions chairman of the American Association of Clinical Urologists, Don always was busy.
An Air Force captain during the Korean War, he served as the 121st Fighter Squadron’s medical officer. Resuming civilian life in Michigan, he became president of the Macomb County Medical Society and president of the Michigan branch of the American Urological Association. He founded the Oakland Macomb County Professional Standards Review Organization, which represents all the area’s doctors in ensuring quality in medicine. One of only six Michigan urologists who were members of the International Society of Urology in 1985, he lectured in the United States, England, Scotland, Austria, and Argentina.
At the time of his death May 20, 2014, Don was survived by his wife, Grace Carpenter Blain; son Ian Donald Blain; daughters Elizabeth Ann Johnson and Patricia Droneberg Blain; and grandson Eric Alexander Johnson. The class joins them in thankfulness for Don’s long life dedicated to leadership of his profession.
Undergraduate Class of 1946
Don married Grace Carpenter in 1955, Honor Student and Valedictorian of her Class at Frederick, Maryland High School, and also graduated from the Church Home Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore. She was a horsewoman and civic leader, who survives him along with son Ian Donald (Donna) Blain and daughters Elizabeth Ann Johnson (Charles, JR.) and Patricia Droneberg Blain, and grandson Eric Johnson.
They lived on Balfour and Lake Court in Grosse Pointe, Jefferson in St. Clair Shores, and Blain Island, Waterford, Mich. as well as Lewistown, Montana, and Cody, Wyoming.
Don attended the Detroit University School (now University Liggett), The Hill School, Princeton, Wayne Medical School, and taught at Wake Forest Medical School and was also on the faculty of Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming. He served as Captain, US Air Force, Medical Officer to the 121st Fighter Squadron during the Korean War. He was Assistant Director of the Alexander Blain Hospital. He became President of the Macomb County Medical Society, also the Michigan Branch of the American Urological Association, and founded the Oakland Macomb County Professional Standards Review Organization representing all their doctors for quality in medicine. He was the Admissions Chairman of the American Association of Clinical Urologists. He was one of six Urologists in Michigan in the International Society of Urology in 1985. He lectured in the US, Europe, and South America. He belonged to the Alpine Club in Westcliffe, Colorado, the Detroit Club, the Detroit Racquet Club, the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club (board), the Country Club of Detroit, the Metamora Hunt, The Metamora Club, the Princeton Clubs of Michigan and New York, and the Sedgefield Hunt in Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Annapolis Roads Club in Maryland, He was President of the Detroit Science Museum Society (to bring a Natural Science Museum to Detroit). He served on the Boards of the Alexander Blain Hospital, West Park Hospital in Cody, WY, the Detroit Surgical Association, the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club, the Michigan Doctors Political Action Committee (Secretary Treasurer), the University Liggett School Alumni Board, the St. Andrews Society, the Grosse Pointe Senior Men's Club (of 800), Historian, and the Grosse Pointe Rotary Foundation- President. In the West, he was President of Rotary in Lewistown, Montana. He reviewed Montana hospitals for Continuing Medical Education Accreditation. In Wyoming, he served on the Boards of the West Park Hospital, the Wyoming Center for the Book, the Park County Libraries, the Cody Chamber of Commerce, the Park County Yellowstone Regional Airport, and was appointed to the State of Wyoming Workman's Compensation Medical Commission, working until 2004. He was appointed Vice Chairman the Park County Republican Committee and, for six years, was Commander of the American Legion in Cody. While there, he was Treasurer of the National Coalition against Legalized Gambling and a registered lobbyist which kept commercial gambling out of Wyoming. St. Joseph Hospital (Now Ford) in Mount Clemens gave him the Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also head of Urology for the Henry Ford Hospital Hall Road Satellite. He was an Honorary Life Member of the Nature Conservancy. He was in Who's Who in the Midwest and in Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care. His fraternities were Gamma Delta Psi and Nu Sigma Nu. At 79, he was first in the 25 meter freestyle swim in the State of Wyoming Senior Olympics (class 75-79). He gave the principle address at the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. He played Varsity Basketball at age 14. He was an avid Fox Hunter with Horse and Hound (fox not killed) and enjoyed motorcycling, power boating, ice boating, and flying (soloed in 1945), literature, poetry, and photography. He requested no funeral. His ashes will be in the family plot in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit. Any remembrance may be made to a local Humane Society.
Published in Daily Tribune on May 23, 2014
MEMORIAL
Donald Gray Blain ’46
By Princeton Alumni Weekly, Published in the December 2, 2015 Issue
In 2003, when he was 79 years old, Don took first place in the 25-meter freestyle swim in the Wyoming Senior Olympics. Whether it was sailing an iceboat, piloting a private aircraft high above Wyoming, or making key decisions as admissions chairman of the American Association of Clinical Urologists, Don always was busy.
An Air Force captain during the Korean War, he served as the 121st Fighter Squadron’s medical officer. Resuming civilian life in Michigan, he became president of the Macomb County Medical Society and president of the Michigan branch of the American Urological Association. He founded the Oakland Macomb County Professional Standards Review Organization, which represents all the area’s doctors in ensuring quality in medicine. One of only six Michigan urologists who were members of the International Society of Urology in 1985, he lectured in the United States, England, Scotland, Austria, and Argentina.
At the time of his death May 20, 2014, Don was survived by his wife, Grace Carpenter Blain; son Ian Donald Blain; daughters Elizabeth Ann Johnson and Patricia Droneberg Blain; and grandson Eric Alexander Johnson. The class joins them in thankfulness for Don’s long life dedicated to leadership of his profession.
Undergraduate Class of 1946
Blain, Donald G. MD, FACS, of St. Clair Shores, Mich., born 1924, died May 20, 2014. His parents were Dr. and Mrs. Alexander W. Blain of Grosse Pointe. Dr. Alexander W. Blain founded the Blain Clinic in 1911 and the Alexander Blain (Teaching) Hospital in 1924 which had complete residencies in general surgery and internal medicine. He was Professor of Clinical Surgery at Wayne. The hospital was named after his father who joined the Union Army in Detroit as a sharp shooter later becoming head of the Detroit Department of Parks and Boulevards and Elmwood Cemetery.
Don married Grace Carpenter in 1955, Honor Student and Valedictorian of her Class at Frederick, Maryland High School, and also graduated from the Church Home Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore. She was a horsewoman and civic leader, who survives him along with son Ian Donald (Donna) Blain and daughters Elizabeth Ann Johnson (Charles, JR.) and Patricia Droneberg Blain, and grandson Eric Johnson.
They lived on Balfour and Lake Court in Grosse Pointe, Jefferson in St. Clair Shores, and Blain Island, Waterford, Mich. as well as Lewistown, Montana, and Cody, Wyoming.
Don attended the Detroit University School (now University Liggett), The Hill School, Princeton, Wayne Medical School, and taught at Wake Forest Medical School and was also on the faculty of Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming. He served as Captain, US Air Force, Medical Officer to the 121st Fighter Squadron during the Korean War. He was Assistant Director of the Alexander Blain Hospital. He became President of the Macomb County Medical Society, also the Michigan Branch of the American Urological Association, and founded the Oakland Macomb County Professional Standards Review Organization representing all their doctors for quality in medicine. He was the Admissions Chairman of the American Association of Clinical Urologists. He was one of six Urologists in Michigan in the International Society of Urology in 1985. He lectured in the US, Europe, and South America. He belonged to the Alpine Club in Westcliffe, Colorado, the Detroit Club, the Detroit Racquet Club, the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club (board), the Country Club of Detroit, the Metamora Hunt, The Metamora Club, the Princeton Clubs of Michigan and New York, and the Sedgefield Hunt in Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Annapolis Roads Club in Maryland, He was President of the Detroit Science Museum Society (to bring a Natural Science Museum to Detroit). He served on the Boards of the Alexander Blain Hospital, West Park Hospital in Cody, WY, the Detroit Surgical Association, the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club, the Michigan Doctors Political Action Committee (Secretary Treasurer), the University Liggett School Alumni Board, the St. Andrews Society, the Grosse Pointe Senior Men's Club (of 800), Historian, and the Grosse Pointe Rotary Foundation- President. In the West, he was President of Rotary in Lewistown, Montana. He reviewed Montana hospitals for Continuing Medical Education Accreditation. In Wyoming, he served on the Boards of the West Park Hospital, the Wyoming Center for the Book, the Park County Libraries, the Cody Chamber of Commerce, the Park County Yellowstone Regional Airport, and was appointed to the State of Wyoming Workman's Compensation Medical Commission, working until 2004. He was appointed Vice Chairman the Park County Republican Committee and, for six years, was Commander of the American Legion in Cody. While there, he was Treasurer of the National Coalition against Legalized Gambling and a registered lobbyist which kept commercial gambling out of Wyoming. St. Joseph Hospital (Now Ford) in Mount Clemens gave him the Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also head of Urology for the Henry Ford Hospital Hall Road Satellite. He was an Honorary Life Member of the Nature Conservancy. He was in Who's Who in the Midwest and in Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care. His fraternities were Gamma Delta Psi and Nu Sigma Nu. At 79, he was first in the 25 meter freestyle swim in the State of Wyoming Senior Olympics (class 75-79). He gave the principle address at the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. He played Varsity Basketball at age 14. He was an avid Fox Hunter with Horse and Hound (fox not killed) and enjoyed motorcycling, power boating, ice boating, and flying (soloed in 1945), literature, poetry, and photography. He requested no funeral. His ashes will be in the family plot in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit. Any remembrance may be made to a local Humane Society.
Published in Daily Tribune on May 23, 2014
MEMORIAL
Donald Gray Blain ’46
By Princeton Alumni Weekly, Published in the December 2, 2015 Issue
In 2003, when he was 79 years old, Don took first place in the 25-meter freestyle swim in the Wyoming Senior Olympics. Whether it was sailing an iceboat, piloting a private aircraft high above Wyoming, or making key decisions as admissions chairman of the American Association of Clinical Urologists, Don always was busy.
An Air Force captain during the Korean War, he served as the 121st Fighter Squadron’s medical officer. Resuming civilian life in Michigan, he became president of the Macomb County Medical Society and president of the Michigan branch of the American Urological Association. He founded the Oakland Macomb County Professional Standards Review Organization, which represents all the area’s doctors in ensuring quality in medicine. One of only six Michigan urologists who were members of the International Society of Urology in 1985, he lectured in the United States, England, Scotland, Austria, and Argentina.
At the time of his death May 20, 2014, Don was survived by his wife, Grace Carpenter Blain; son Ian Donald Blain; daughters Elizabeth Ann Johnson and Patricia Droneberg Blain; and grandson Eric Alexander Johnson. The class joins them in thankfulness for Don’s long life dedicated to leadership of his profession.
Undergraduate Class of 1946
Don married Grace Carpenter in 1955, Honor Student and Valedictorian of her Class at Frederick, Maryland High School, and also graduated from the Church Home Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore. She was a horsewoman and civic leader, who survives him along with son Ian Donald (Donna) Blain and daughters Elizabeth Ann Johnson (Charles, JR.) and Patricia Droneberg Blain, and grandson Eric Johnson.
They lived on Balfour and Lake Court in Grosse Pointe, Jefferson in St. Clair Shores, and Blain Island, Waterford, Mich. as well as Lewistown, Montana, and Cody, Wyoming.
Don attended the Detroit University School (now University Liggett), The Hill School, Princeton, Wayne Medical School, and taught at Wake Forest Medical School and was also on the faculty of Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming. He served as Captain, US Air Force, Medical Officer to the 121st Fighter Squadron during the Korean War. He was Assistant Director of the Alexander Blain Hospital. He became President of the Macomb County Medical Society, also the Michigan Branch of the American Urological Association, and founded the Oakland Macomb County Professional Standards Review Organization representing all their doctors for quality in medicine. He was the Admissions Chairman of the American Association of Clinical Urologists. He was one of six Urologists in Michigan in the International Society of Urology in 1985. He lectured in the US, Europe, and South America. He belonged to the Alpine Club in Westcliffe, Colorado, the Detroit Club, the Detroit Racquet Club, the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club (board), the Country Club of Detroit, the Metamora Hunt, The Metamora Club, the Princeton Clubs of Michigan and New York, and the Sedgefield Hunt in Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Annapolis Roads Club in Maryland, He was President of the Detroit Science Museum Society (to bring a Natural Science Museum to Detroit). He served on the Boards of the Alexander Blain Hospital, West Park Hospital in Cody, WY, the Detroit Surgical Association, the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club, the Michigan Doctors Political Action Committee (Secretary Treasurer), the University Liggett School Alumni Board, the St. Andrews Society, the Grosse Pointe Senior Men's Club (of 800), Historian, and the Grosse Pointe Rotary Foundation- President. In the West, he was President of Rotary in Lewistown, Montana. He reviewed Montana hospitals for Continuing Medical Education Accreditation. In Wyoming, he served on the Boards of the West Park Hospital, the Wyoming Center for the Book, the Park County Libraries, the Cody Chamber of Commerce, the Park County Yellowstone Regional Airport, and was appointed to the State of Wyoming Workman's Compensation Medical Commission, working until 2004. He was appointed Vice Chairman the Park County Republican Committee and, for six years, was Commander of the American Legion in Cody. While there, he was Treasurer of the National Coalition against Legalized Gambling and a registered lobbyist which kept commercial gambling out of Wyoming. St. Joseph Hospital (Now Ford) in Mount Clemens gave him the Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also head of Urology for the Henry Ford Hospital Hall Road Satellite. He was an Honorary Life Member of the Nature Conservancy. He was in Who's Who in the Midwest and in Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care. His fraternities were Gamma Delta Psi and Nu Sigma Nu. At 79, he was first in the 25 meter freestyle swim in the State of Wyoming Senior Olympics (class 75-79). He gave the principle address at the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. He played Varsity Basketball at age 14. He was an avid Fox Hunter with Horse and Hound (fox not killed) and enjoyed motorcycling, power boating, ice boating, and flying (soloed in 1945), literature, poetry, and photography. He requested no funeral. His ashes will be in the family plot in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit. Any remembrance may be made to a local Humane Society.
Published in Daily Tribune on May 23, 2014
MEMORIAL
Donald Gray Blain ’46
By Princeton Alumni Weekly, Published in the December 2, 2015 Issue
In 2003, when he was 79 years old, Don took first place in the 25-meter freestyle swim in the Wyoming Senior Olympics. Whether it was sailing an iceboat, piloting a private aircraft high above Wyoming, or making key decisions as admissions chairman of the American Association of Clinical Urologists, Don always was busy.
An Air Force captain during the Korean War, he served as the 121st Fighter Squadron’s medical officer. Resuming civilian life in Michigan, he became president of the Macomb County Medical Society and president of the Michigan branch of the American Urological Association. He founded the Oakland Macomb County Professional Standards Review Organization, which represents all the area’s doctors in ensuring quality in medicine. One of only six Michigan urologists who were members of the International Society of Urology in 1985, he lectured in the United States, England, Scotland, Austria, and Argentina.
At the time of his death May 20, 2014, Don was survived by his wife, Grace Carpenter Blain; son Ian Donald Blain; daughters Elizabeth Ann Johnson and Patricia Droneberg Blain; and grandson Eric Alexander Johnson. The class joins them in thankfulness for Don’s long life dedicated to leadership of his profession.
Undergraduate Class of 1946
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