Obituary Parvin D. Gillim Jr.

 

     Parvin Douglas Gillim Jr. died June 28, 2008 at St Vincent's Hospice in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Born and raised in Owensboro, Kentucky,

Parvin was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and majored in psychology at Dartmouth.  He married Mary Dickson in 1951 and went through medical school at George Washington University before spending two years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps.   After training as an

ophthalmologist, he joined the surgery staff at Community Hospital East in Indianapolis.  He specialized in surgery and diseases of the retina

and became a pioneer in the use of lasers to treat retinal detachments.

     He is survived by his wife Mary; children Mary, Sarah, Parvin, Alice, Claire and Anna; nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.