ROBERT S. ROSSON, M.D. ’54

ROBERT S. ROSSON, M.D., a gastroenterologist at Hartford Hospital for 40 years, died May 8, 2015, at age 83. A member of Sigma Nu, he received his degree with honors and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After receiving his medical degree from Harvard University, he continued his training in Boston and then in the U.S. Air Force before completing residencies and fellowships at Yale University and Hartford Hospital. He served as chief of gastroenterology at Hartford Hospital for 20 years and as president of the medical staff. He also served as a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and as president of the Howard Spiro Society. He was predeceased by his wife, Eileen Kaufman Rosson. Among those who survive are three children, five grandchildren, his sister, and his partner, Judith Pitt.