DAVID W. BENTLEY ’59

DAVID W. BENTLEY, M.D., an infectious disease specialist and geriatrician, died Jan. 8, 2016, at age 78. He was a member of Sigma Chi and received his medical degree from the University of Rochester. For many years he was on the medical faculty of the University of Rochester, as well as head of the infectious disease department of Monroe Community Hospital. He later moved to St. Louis, where he joined the medical faculty of St. Louis University in geriatrics, as well as working at the local VA hospital. Later retiring to Valparaiso, Indiana, he volunteered with many organizations. Survivors include his wife, Christine Palermo Bentley, two children, five grandchildren, and two sisters.