STEPHEN A. GETTINGER ’44

STEPHEN A. GETTINGER, an obstetrician and gynecologist who helped to establish and maintain ethical standards and codes of conduct for the medical profession, and who was also the father of Matthew Gettinger ’79, died June 14, 2003. He was 77 and had received a medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army, and during the Korean War he served in the U.S. Air Force. In addition to his private practice, he served as a senior hearing officer for the New York State Board of Medical Conduct and as a mediator in medical malpractice cases. He was also a past president of the New York State Board of Medicine, a founding fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a professor at Stony Brook University medical college, and past president of numerous professional organizations. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Bonoff Gettinger, and three sons.