Douglas W. Bell ’63

Douglas W. Bell ’63, M.D., passed away peacefully on February 9 at home in Denver. He was from Winchester, Virginia, and attended Handley High School, where he participated in football, track, basketball, yearbook, and glee club. At Dartmouth Doug played rugby, was a brother of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and had a gorgeous tenor voice in the Glee Club. He withdrew from Dartmouth after his third year for personal reasons but went ahead to earn his M.D. at the University of Virginia. He was an active alumni interviewer for Dartmouth. He interned at Strong Memorial in Rochester, New York; completed his residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital; and then served as a lieutenant commander at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Philadelphia. Doug then set up his ear, nose, and throat practice in Boston. He served on the board of New England Baptist Hospital and founded and directed Hospice at Home. Upon retirement in 2011 Doug became a clinical instructor at Boston University Medical School. He then moved to Colorado and continued instructing and mentoring medical students and ENT residents at the University of Colorado Medical School. He was an active athlete and participated in 19 Boston Marathons and three Pan-Mass Challenges, raising money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He continued his music interest, studying classical music at the New England Conservatory of Music and Denver University. He joined the Dedham Chorale in 1996 and continued singing with the Cherry Creek Chorale in Denver. He was divorced and is survived by his second wife, Michelle, three children, and three grandchildren.