Malcolm Shoor Roth ’55

Malcolm Shoor Roth ’55, M.D., a lifelong resident of Hartford, Connecticut, and vicinity, died on March 18 after a long battle with cancer. He attended William H. Hall High School and at Dartmouth majored in English, joined the Glee Club and Pi Lambda Phi and was a member of the varsity track team. After graduation Mal obtained his M.D. from N.Y.U. in 1959 and completed his residency in ophthalmology at New York University-Bellevue. He obtained a practice in Hartford and joined the staff of Mount Sinai Hospital there. He served as chief of staff, and during his nearly 50 years of association started the first free-standing eye surgery center in New England. In addition to his practice Mal served as president of the board of his local Congregation Beth Israel. Golf was his recreation and he was a member of a golf club in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and West Palm Beach, Florida. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, two sons, a daughter, seven grandchildren and two stepchildren. A stepdaughter predeceased Mal.