Obituaries
The College notes the passing of Munsey S. Wheby, MD, MACP, and Paul F. Griner, MD, MACP.
Munsey S. Wheby, MD, MACP
Munsey S. Wheby, MD, MACP, died July 20, 2024.
Dr. Wheby served as ACP President from 2003 to 2004 and as Chair of the Board of Governors from 1999 to 2000. He was also Governor for the Virginia Chapter from 1995 to 1999. In 2000, he received the Laureate Award and in 2010, the Alfred Stengel Memorial Award for Outstanding Service.
Dr. Wheby completed his BS in biology at Roanoke College in 1951 and went on to receive his medical degree from University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1955. He then spent two years in New York doing postdoctoral training at Cornell University Medical Center and subsequently returned to University of Virginia where he was a fellow and chief resident in 1958.
Dr. Wheby served six years in the U.S. Army where he conducted hematological research in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He briefly served on the staff of Rutgers University Medical School in 1965 but returned to the University of Virginia in 1966 to become an associate professor of medicine. He was professor of medicine from 1972 to 2008, chair of the department of medicine from 1996 to 1997, and senior associate dean from 2002 to 2008. Dr. Wheby received the Walter Reed Distinguished Achievement Award in 1999.
A full obituary is online.
Paul F. Griner, MD, MACP
Paul F. Griner, MD, MACP, died June 24, 2024.
Dr. Griner served as Chair of the Board of Regents from 1991 to 1992 and ACP President from 1993 to 1994. From 1981 to 1985, Dr. Griner served as New York Western/Upstate Governor and was Chair of ACP's Health and Public Policy Committee in 1988.
Dr. Griner graduated from Harvard College in 1954 and received his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1959. Dr. Griner then completed three years of internal medicine training at the Massachusetts General Hospital and went back to the Rochester School of Medicine as chief resident and a hematology fellow. Between 1961 and 1963, Dr. Griner served at Andrews Air Force Hospital in Washington, D.C., but remained at the University of Rochester for the majority of his career, where he was professor of medicine and awarded the Samuel E. Durand Chair of Medicine.
In 1981, Dr. Griner became the first recipient of the Mentor award at the University of Rochester. Three years later, he was appointed general director and CEO of Strong Memorial Hospital, a position he held for 11 years. In the 1990s, Dr. Griner consulted with the Clinton administration on national health insurance legislation and testified before congressional committees on universal health insurance.
A full obituary is online.
