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James died on July 3, 1995, at Tulane University Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, from cardiac arrest following endocarditis. He was a pediatrician at Tulane University Medical Center.
Jim was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and was graduated from Governor Dummer Academy in 1974, from Dartmouth in 1978, and from Tulane School of Medicine in 1983, where he later was an assistant professor of pediatrics. He was also a staff physician at the Tulane/LSU AIDS Clinical Trials Unit and the Pediatric HIV Clinic at Charity Hos- pital, and he participated in eight clinical trials of medicines and vaccines designed to fight AIDS in women and children.
He was a senior warden at St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, a member of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana’s Commission on HIV infection, and a board member of the March of Dimes. While at Dart- mouth, Jim majored in classics, volunteered for four years at Mary Hitchcock Hospital, was a member of the Nathan Smith Society and Fire and Skoal, and was active in Edgerton House, the Episcopal Student Center.
Survivors include his parents, John and Noreen Pramberg, brothers John and Jay, three nephews, and one niece.