James E. Puklin ’63
James E. Puklin ’63, M.D., died on May 22, 2019, in Washington, D.C., of complications from Alzheimer’s. Jim was born in Aurora, Illinois, and graduated from West Aurora High School, where he participated in the band, baseball, and tennis. At Dartmouth Jim majored in biology and was a member of the marching and jazz bands and a brother of Pi Lambda Phi. He received his M.D. in 1968 from Rosalind Franklin University in Chicago. Jim was a professor of ophthalmology at Wayne State University in Detroit and a retina specialist for the school of medicine and the Kresge Eye Institute. He published numerous articles and six book chapters on retinal eye disease and treatment. In 2015 the Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology named him a gold fellow for outstanding clinical research. His care for others extended worldwide. He invited doctors from Russia to his offices and supported vision scientists coming to the United States for association meetings. He was an avid runner, participating in 80 marathons. His wife, Gail, sister Marty, first wife Diane, daughters Eileen and Barbara, and four grandchildren survive him.
