Resided in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.
Obituary
2 January 2000
Chicago Tribune (IL)
DR. JOHN P. AYER, PATHOLOGIST, PROFESSOR
By Casey Bukro, Tribune Staff Writer.Edition: Chicago Tribune
Dr. John Palfrey Ayer, the sixth consecutive medical doctor in his family, died Sunday, Dec. 26, in the North Hill retirement community in Needham, Mass., where he had been a resident for 15 years. Dr. Ayer spent much of his 32-year medical career in the Chicago area in pathology and cancer research. He lived in Winnetka from 1960 to 1980. "He was very unassuming, worked hard and was sort of the old-style gentleman, very polite with a good sense of humor," said his son Nathaniel. The son of a Boston neurologist, Dr. Ayer was a graduate of Harvard University and the McGill Medical School in Montreal. After graduating from McGill in 1942, he served four years in the Army during World War II, reaching the rank of captain as a battalion surgeon in Panama. Dr. Ayer left the military in 1946 and spent five years at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, which eventually became Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. In 1948, Dr. Ayer married Lee Zimmermann of Geneva. In 1951, the couple moved to Boston, where Dr. Ayer spent nine years in cancer research at the New England Deaconess Hospital. They returned to Chicago in 1960, and the doctor became associate chairman of pathology at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's. He also was a professor of pathology at the University of Illinois Medical School in Chicago and Rush Medical College. The Ayers moved back to the Boston area in 1980. Mrs. Zimmermann died the following year. Dr. Ayer also was an experienced sailor and accomplished jazz pianist, and he fashioned objects from wood and metal. In later years, he concentrated on building wooden model ships, including miniature metal fittings."He always made his own Christmas presents," Nathaniel said. Dr. Ayer retired from medicine around 1979 because of failing health. In addition to his son, Dr. Ayer is survived by another son, John Jr.; a daughter, Katharine Ayer Mann; three sisters, Nancy Saltonstall, Sue Ames and Molly Hartzell; and eight grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Saturday in Needham.
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Obituary
2 January 2000
Chicago Tribune (IL)
DR. JOHN P. AYER, PATHOLOGIST, PROFESSOR
By Casey Bukro, Tribune Staff Writer.Edition: Chicago Tribune
Dr. John Palfrey Ayer, the sixth consecutive medical doctor in his family, died Sunday, Dec. 26, in the North Hill retirement community in Needham, Mass., where he had been a resident for 15 years. Dr. Ayer spent much of his 32-year medical career in the Chicago area in pathology and cancer research. He lived in Winnetka from 1960 to 1980. "He was very unassuming, worked hard and was sort of the old-style gentleman, very polite with a good sense of humor," said his son Nathaniel. The son of a Boston neurologist, Dr. Ayer was a graduate of Harvard University and the McGill Medical School in Montreal. After graduating from McGill in 1942, he served four years in the Army during World War II, reaching the rank of captain as a battalion surgeon in Panama. Dr. Ayer left the military in 1946 and spent five years at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, which eventually became Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. In 1948, Dr. Ayer married Lee Zimmermann of Geneva. In 1951, the couple moved to Boston, where Dr. Ayer spent nine years in cancer research at the New England Deaconess Hospital. They returned to Chicago in 1960, and the doctor became associate chairman of pathology at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's. He also was a professor of pathology at the University of Illinois Medical School in Chicago and Rush Medical College. The Ayers moved back to the Boston area in 1980. Mrs. Zimmermann died the following year. Dr. Ayer also was an experienced sailor and accomplished jazz pianist, and he fashioned objects from wood and metal. In later years, he concentrated on building wooden model ships, including miniature metal fittings."He always made his own Christmas presents," Nathaniel said. Dr. Ayer retired from medicine around 1979 because of failing health. In addition to his son, Dr. Ayer is survived by another son, John Jr.; a daughter, Katharine Ayer Mann; three sisters, Nancy Saltonstall, Sue Ames and Molly Hartzell; and eight grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Saturday in Needham.
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Resided in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.
Obituary
2 January 2000
Chicago Tribune (IL)
DR. JOHN P. AYER, PATHOLOGIST, PROFESSOR
By Casey Bukro, Tribune Staff Writer.Edition: Chicago Tribune
Dr. John Palfrey Ayer, the sixth consecutive medical doctor in his family, died Sunday, Dec. 26, in the North Hill retirement community in Needham, Mass., where he had been a resident for 15 years. Dr. Ayer spent much of his 32-year medical career in the Chicago area in pathology and cancer research. He lived in Winnetka from 1960 to 1980. "He was very unassuming, worked hard and was sort of the old-style gentleman, very polite with a good sense of humor," said his son Nathaniel. The son of a Boston neurologist, Dr. Ayer was a graduate of Harvard University and the McGill Medical School in Montreal. After graduating from McGill in 1942, he served four years in the Army during World War II, reaching the rank of captain as a battalion surgeon in Panama. Dr. Ayer left the military in 1946 and spent five years at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, which eventually became Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. In 1948, Dr. Ayer married Lee Zimmermann of Geneva. In 1951, the couple moved to Boston, where Dr. Ayer spent nine years in cancer research at the New England Deaconess Hospital. They returned to Chicago in 1960, and the doctor became associate chairman of pathology at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's. He also was a professor of pathology at the University of Illinois Medical School in Chicago and Rush Medical College. The Ayers moved back to the Boston area in 1980. Mrs. Zimmermann died the following year. Dr. Ayer also was an experienced sailor and accomplished jazz pianist, and he fashioned objects from wood and metal. In later years, he concentrated on building wooden model ships, including miniature metal fittings."He always made his own Christmas presents," Nathaniel said. Dr. Ayer retired from medicine around 1979 because of failing health. In addition to his son, Dr. Ayer is survived by another son, John Jr.; a daughter, Katharine Ayer Mann; three sisters, Nancy Saltonstall, Sue Ames and Molly Hartzell; and eight grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Saturday in Needham.
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Obituary
2 January 2000
Chicago Tribune (IL)
DR. JOHN P. AYER, PATHOLOGIST, PROFESSOR
By Casey Bukro, Tribune Staff Writer.Edition: Chicago Tribune
Dr. John Palfrey Ayer, the sixth consecutive medical doctor in his family, died Sunday, Dec. 26, in the North Hill retirement community in Needham, Mass., where he had been a resident for 15 years. Dr. Ayer spent much of his 32-year medical career in the Chicago area in pathology and cancer research. He lived in Winnetka from 1960 to 1980. "He was very unassuming, worked hard and was sort of the old-style gentleman, very polite with a good sense of humor," said his son Nathaniel. The son of a Boston neurologist, Dr. Ayer was a graduate of Harvard University and the McGill Medical School in Montreal. After graduating from McGill in 1942, he served four years in the Army during World War II, reaching the rank of captain as a battalion surgeon in Panama. Dr. Ayer left the military in 1946 and spent five years at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, which eventually became Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. In 1948, Dr. Ayer married Lee Zimmermann of Geneva. In 1951, the couple moved to Boston, where Dr. Ayer spent nine years in cancer research at the New England Deaconess Hospital. They returned to Chicago in 1960, and the doctor became associate chairman of pathology at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's. He also was a professor of pathology at the University of Illinois Medical School in Chicago and Rush Medical College. The Ayers moved back to the Boston area in 1980. Mrs. Zimmermann died the following year. Dr. Ayer also was an experienced sailor and accomplished jazz pianist, and he fashioned objects from wood and metal. In later years, he concentrated on building wooden model ships, including miniature metal fittings."He always made his own Christmas presents," Nathaniel said. Dr. Ayer retired from medicine around 1979 because of failing health. In addition to his son, Dr. Ayer is survived by another son, John Jr.; a daughter, Katharine Ayer Mann; three sisters, Nancy Saltonstall, Sue Ames and Molly Hartzell; and eight grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Saturday in Needham.
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