James MacKenzie Stewart ’43

James MacKenzie Stewart ’43 died September 30, 2010. Jim grew up in Rochester, New York. At Dartmouth he majored in chemistry-zoology—winning the Francis L. Towne Scientific Prize—and was a member of DKE, Green Key and Phi Beta Kappa, an editor of the Aegis and secretary of the Christian Union. Jim left Dartmouth at the end of his junior year to enter Harvard Medical School, from which he graduated in 1945. After a one-year internship at Massachusetts General Hospital he spent two years in the Army, including “a fascinating year in Italy,” where he and his new wife, the former Natalie Epps, acquired a “lasting interest in the cultural heritage” of Italy. Returning home, Jim spent three years in residency training in internal medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. He entered practice in 1951 and taught part-time at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. After retirement in 1990 Jim became executive director of the Rochester Academy of Medicine, which was devoted to continuing medical education. In 1996 Jim was awarded the academy’s highest award for his devotion to patients, medical students and the community. He was a trustee of the Auburn Theological Seminary and an elder in the Presbyterian Church. In retirement Nancy and Jim traveled a good deal, often with classmates Van Lloyd ’43 and Tony Rud ’43. Jim was active in the Rochester Dartmouth Club and was a class agent in 1986 and 1989 to 2002. He is survived by his wife, Natalie; sister Janet; children Nancy, James, Richard and Cynthia; grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.