Brian D. Mahoney ’73, MD

Brian D. Mahoney ’73, MD passed away on November 7, 2025. An obituary from his family follows:

Brian died in hospice care surrounded by his family. Brian will be terribly missed by his immediate family, Nancy Collins ’74, Katie Mahoney, Meredith Mahoney and Dan Mahoney, son-in-laws Shane Roach and Armintas Sinkevicius, and grandchildren Danide, Roman, Ainsley, McKenna, and Cullan. He was the protector, advisor, and fixer for all of us.

After graduating from Wesleyan University and University of Vermont Medical College  he started his residency in emergency medicine at Hennepin County Hospital in 1973 ( they had late night men’s hockey league) where he stayed for his entire career until his retirement in June 2016. His passion was emergency medical services, spending 20 of those years as its director. His reach in that field was huge, providing direct care in the emergency room at HCMC as well as administration, writing, editing, teaching, and research at the city, county, state, national, and international levels and more. One of his proudest accomplishments was his work with Ed Lord, publishing their results in a 1986 article “Operations Plan for the National Disaster Medical System Minneapolis-St. Paul.” The development of this system was demonstrated in the metro wide emergency response to the 35 W collapse. 

His body will undergo terramation at ReturnHome in Auburn, Washington, with a celebration of life early next summer at his Minnesota home.

Among the ways his memory can be honored is by donations to Wesleyan University ( Calhoun ’62 MEN’S Crew Endowment Fund or WOMEN’S Crew Endowment Fund).

Full obituary to be published at MuellerMemorial.com when Nancy figures out how to summarize a 45- page CV.