Margaret "Peg" Austin Child, MD, MPH, 99, died August 9, 2016 in Atlanta GA. The cause of death was old age. She was a pioneering career woman, loving mother of 6, grandmother to 11, and great grandmother to 4. Born in Newark, NJ, on May 16, 1917, to the late Cleland and Mabel Austin, she grew up in Montclair, NJ, with her brother Richard Cleland Austin. During her youth she was an accomplished dancer, gymnast, and student. She was also the beloved granddaughter of best-selling author Alexander Black. She graduated from Vassar College in 1938 and Cornell University Medical College in 1942. She was one of only three women in her medical school class. In 1941, she married Charles Gardner Child III, MD, who was a resident at Cornell Medical College. After medical school, Peg and Gardner had six children: Caroline Wheelwright; Margaret Francis (deceased 1972); Helen Deming; Cleland Gardner; Charles Austin; and Elizabeth MacCrae. She raised her family in NYC, Boston, and in Ann Arbor, MI, after her husband was appointed Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School in 1959. She volunteered at many community organizations in Ann Arbor and was particularly proud of her work at Perry Nursery School, which provided pre-school education to disadvantaged children. She loved classical music and was a fixture at Hill Auditorium during her years in Ann Arbor. In 1970, she earned a Master's of Public Health from the University of Michigan and started a career as a biostatistician and epidemiologist. She worked at the UofM and the Michigan Cancer Foundation, Detroit, MI. In 1977, she was recruited by Emory University in Atlanta to become an Assistant Professor of Preventative Medicine and Community Health and Director of the Atlanta Cancer Surveillance Center where she worked until her retirement in 1983. After retirement, she enjoyed many cultural activities, the Senior University of Atlanta, family activities, and world travel. She visited all seven continents, reaching Antarctica during an ocean cruise in her early eighties. She was an enthusiastic athlete her entire life. At Vassar, she captained her intramural basketball team. She encouraged her children to enjoy outdoor activities, from hiking to hockey. At age 77, on a dare at the suburban Atlanta home of her son Cleland, she performed an inward jackknife dive, a feat that captured her competitive spirit and gusto for life. She is remembered by her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, for her boundless energy, generosity and her sunny disposition. She fielded phone calls from grandchildren seeking help with math homework, baked her trademark chocolate roll for family celebrations, and sewed and smocked matching dresses for her nine granddaughters on her 50th wedding anniversary. Gardner Child died in 1991. In her later years, she was close to her granddaughter Alice Child. She and Gardner helped care for Alice while Alice's mother, Helen, earned a nursing degree in Atlanta. Alice and Helen were loving companions for the rest of Margaret's years in Atlanta. Cremation has taken place. Remains will be buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York City with her husband and daughter.