Thomas F. Dolan Jr. M.D.

DOLAN, Thomas F., Jr., MD Professor emeritus of Pediatrics at Yale University of Medicine, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008 after a prolonged illness. He was the widower of Margaret (McCarthy) Dolan. He was born March 2, 1928 in Cambridge, MA, the son of the late Thomas F. Dolan, Sr. and Agnes (Masterson) Dolan. He is a graduate of Harvard College (1949) and Harvard Medical School (1953). He trained at Boston Children's Hospital, and the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, MD. He spent 40 years on the active faculty of the Medical School and as an attending physician at Yale New Haven Hospital. He was the director of the cystic fibrosis clinic at Yale for 25 years. Dr. Dolan was a past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, as well as a member of the Society of Pediatric Research, and the American Thoracic Society. Dr. Dolan is survived by a daughter, Karen Garner and her husband Stephen of Bolton, MA, son, Kevin Dolan and his wife Lorraine (Kirst) of Madison, CT, a daughter Maureen Dolan and her husband David Brown of Seattle, WA, and daughter Evelyn R. Dolan of Fitchburg, MA. He also leaves 4 grandchildren, Brady, Keara, Ryan, and Kirsten Dolan, all of Madison, CT. Besides his wife he was predeceased by a son, Christopher M. Dolan, and a brother Leo Dolan. Family will receive friends from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Swan Funeral Home 825 Boston Post Rd., MADISON. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Fri., Oct. 3 at St. Margaret Catholic Church, Academy St., Madison with committal to follow in West Cemetery Madison. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Scranton Memorial Library, 801 Boston Post Rd, Madison, CT 06443 in memory of Thomas F. Dolan, Jr. MD.