GEORGE P. VENNART, M.D. ’48

GEORGE P. VENNART, M.D., a renowned pathologist, died Sept. 13, 2014, at age 88. He was a nephew of Elizabeth D. Clark of the class of 1907. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy. A member of Sigma Nu, he received his degree with honors and with distinction in biology. He was elected to both Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Rochester, he held teaching positions at Columbia University and the University of North Carolina before becoming chairman of the Department of Pathology at the Medical College of Virginia. His wife, Mary Joan Miller Vennart predeceased him. He is survived by three children, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.