WILLYS M. MONROE ’37

WILLYS M. MONROE, M.D., a retired pathologist and leader in the field of blood banking, died Mar. 18, 2005. He was 89. A member of Chi Psi, he received his medical degree from Yale University. He served in the U.S. Public Health Service for 15 years and later returned to active duty several times. As chairman of the department of pathology at Richmond (Va.) Memorial Hospital, he established a blood bank, trained laboratory technicians, and taught pathology at several universities. Active in educational and community organizations, he received a Service Award from Wesleyan in 1992. Predeceased by his first wife, Janet MacLean Monroe, he is survived by his wife, Dr. Louise Wilkes Robertson, two children, two grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, and three step-great-grandchildren.