Blaine S. Boyden ’51

Blaine S. Boyden ’51, M.D., a prominent San Francisco ophthalmologist for 40 years, died on November 6, 2012, at his home in Greenbrae, California. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, four children and 11 grandchildren. Blaine was one of four members of the class of ’51 to come to Dartmouth from the Punahou School in Hawaii; the others were Dick Bennett, Jock McIntyre and Mo Monahan. At Dartmouth he was a four-year member of the swimming team, contributing as a freestyler with particular strengths in middle-distance races. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Dragon while serving on Palaeopitus and as president of the Interdormitory Council. Blaine received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University. He was on the staff at French Hospital in San Francisco, where he served as president and chief of staff. He was a professor in the department of ophthalmology at the University of California, San Francisco. In retirement Blaine was a long-time director of and contributor to the San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind. He loved outdoor activities of all kinds, with a special enthusiasm for sporting clays, a form of clay pigeon shooting that is often described as “golf with a shotgun.”