WILLIAM F. BAUER JR. ’41

WILLIAM F. BAUER JR., M.D., 84, a retired physician, died Oct. 11, 2006. A member of Delta Tau Delta, he served in the US Navy during World War II and continued to serve in the Naval Reserve until 1955. He received his medical degree from New York Medical College in 1950 and returned to Middletown to practice. He was an anesthesiologist at Middlesex Hospital for many years and later became the first medical director of the Shoreline Clinic in Essex. Before retiring in 1998, he was the medical director at Connecticut Valley Hospital. A well-known trumpeter, he had his own Dixieland jazz group for many years and was a life member of the American Federation of Musicians. He also owned and restored antique cars. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Bielefield Bauer, six children, and seven grandchildren.