Walter Ruddy Anyan

Anyan, Walter Ruddy, Jr. Walter Ruddy Anyan, Jr., of Guilford, Conn., died suddenly of heart failure early Saturday morning, February 16, 2013. He was 76 years old. Dr. Anyan was born November 20, 1936 in White Plains, New York. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College, Dartmouth Medical School, and Harvard Medical School. After graduating from medical school, Dr. Anyan served as a captain in the Army Medical Corps. He devoted his professional life to the welfare of children both through his early work at the Connecticut YMCA's Camp Hazen and his career as professor of Pediatrics at Yale Medical School from which he retired after 48 years of service in academic and clinical medicine. Dr. Anyan established the sub specialty of adolescent medicine in the Yale Department of Pediatrics, and served as the first section chief. In addition to training generations of pediatricians, he served the wider community through his writing for medical professionals as well as the general public. He served as an examiner for the American Board of Pediatrics, served various roles for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and was a director of the American Board of Emergency Medicine from 1995-2003. He leaves his wife of 46 years, Carol Ann Smith Anyan, two sons, Walter Ruddy Anyan III of Park City, Utah, Douglas Blair Anyan of New York City, and a granddaughter, Jia Emily Anyan. Funeral services will be private. A memorial service will be held in the spring. Those wishing to remember Dr. Anyan may make contributions in his memory to the BEA (Branford Education Association) Children's Fund, c/o S. DeCaprio, 185 Damascus Rd., Branford, Conn. 06405 or a charity of one's choice.