Eaton, Bradford H. (12/21/1984)

From our 30th reunion memorial service
Bradford Eaton studied Biology and Psychology at Dartmouth and was in Zeta Psi. He went to Columbia Medical School and was a surgical resident at New York’s St. Luke’s Hospital when he was struck and fatally injured by a truck on a New York City Street.

From the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine

BRADFORD HUNTER EATON died on December 21, 1984, after being hit by a truck when he slipped on the street near St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, the place of his residency.

Brad was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 28, 1957, while his parents were in medical residency training. In 1965, Brad moved with his family to Pelham Manor, N.Y. He entered the Pelham Public Schools in the third grade and continued to graduation with honors from the Pelham Memorial High School in 1975. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, played football, and was a class officer. In his senior year he was a peer counselor with the Pelham Narcotics Guidance Council, a youth member of the 1979 Huguenot Pastoral Nominating Committee, and organized a soft rock band called White River Junction.

At Dartmouth College, Brad studied a premedical curriculum, receiving special commendations in English, music, and physics, and graduated cum laude in 1979. He took full advantage of Dartmouth’s liberal arts education by participating in the Tucker internship at Kicking Horse in Montana, the Environmental Studies program in Sweden, and many music department courses. He was a member of Zeta Psi and the Gold Coast Council, and a director of the Film Society. After graduating, Brad attended Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons.

At the time of his death, Brad was a resident surgeon at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York. He was soon to have begun a residency in orthopedics at the Cornell Hospital for Special Surgery.

Classmates and friends will best remember Brad for his love of music. With guitar and harmonica, he entertained many at gatherings around campus. His deep concern for his fellow man was well-expressed through music and medicine. We extend our deepest sympathy and kindest thoughts to Brad’s family.

Dave Spears ‘78
Rick Sunshine ‘78

Appeared in the New York Times, December 24, 1984

Dr. Bradford H. Eaton, a resident surgeon at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, died Friday night after he was hit by a truck on West 59th near the hospital. He was 27 years old.

Dr. Eaton, a 1979 cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College, graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1983 and was about to begin a residency in orthopedics at the Hospital for Special Surgery.

He is survived by his parents, Dr. Richard G. Eaton, chief of the hand surgery service at Roosevelt Hospital and Dr. DuRee H. Eaton, chief of pediatric cardiology at Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn; two sisters, Holly and Hillary; and his grandmother, Levon Hunter of Clear Lake, Iowa.

In memory of Bradford Eaton, the Class of 1979 has purchased the following book for Baker Library:

Cook, A., Changing the Signs