JOHN HARVEY

HARVEY JOHN COLLINS HARVEY, MD, PhD September 11, 1923 - June 15, 2017 Dr. John Collins Harvey, eminent physician, professor of medicine, and medical ethicist, died peacefully in his home in Bethesda, on June 15, 2017. Dr. Harvey was 93. A resident of Fox Hill Residences of Bethesda, Dr. Harvey formerly lived in Potomac, Baltimore, and Sherwood Forest, Maryland. Dr. Harvey was born in Youngstown, Ohio in 1923, the son of Joseph Paul Harvey, MD, and Mary Collins Harvey. He attended parochial and public schools in Youngstown; he graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1941, Yale University in 1944, and Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1947. In 1988 Dr. Harvey received a PhD in moral theology from Saint Mary's Seminary; in 2012 he received a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, from Georgetown University. Dr. Harvey married Adele Dillon, also of Youngstown, Ohio, in 1949; they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 2009. Adele died in 2010, and Dr. Harvey is survived by his five children, their spouses, and twelve grandchildren: Elizabeth Harvey Yon and Charles Yon of Sherborn, MA, and Christina, Elizabeth, William, and Charles Yon; Admiral John Collins Harvey, Jr, USN (Ret) and Mary Ellen Swift Harvey of Vienna VA, and Sarah and David Harvey; William Charles Harvey, II and Constance Campanella Harvey of Saint Michaels MD, and Caroline, William, and Joseph Harvey; Amy Harvey Reese and Loren Fitzhugh Reese of Annapolis MD, and Fitzhugh Reese; and Margaret Harvey Granitto and Gregory Granitto of Annapolis MD, and Julia and Charles Granitto. Dr. Harvey was predeceased by his brother, Joseph Paul Harvey, Jr, MD, and is survived by his sister-in-law, Martha Toole Harvey of Pasedena CA, and his nieces and their families: Mary Alice Harvey Gelhaus; Martha Harvey Forster, Frances Harvey Fisk, Lucy Harvey LoRe, and Laura Harvey Buchanan. Dr. Harvey is also survived by his cousins, Katherine Delaney (Sister Saint John of God, Religious of the Divine Compassion) of White Plains NY and Mary Collins Burns of Melbourne FL. Dr. Harvey served in the Army Medical Corps from 1949 to 1951 and in the United States Army Reserve Medical Corps from 1979 to 1986. He was on the faculty of medicine of Johns Hopkins University from 1953 to 1973 and the faculty of medicine of Georgetown University from 1973 to 1989; he was also a Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University from1972 to 2012. Dr. Harvey was a visiting professor of medicine at Guys Hospital Medical School, London, England and Cambridge University, Cambridge, England and the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Throughout his career Dr. Harvey served on numerous local, state, national, and international medical committees, advisory boards and professional organizations. He was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, and Sigma Xi honorary societies; he was a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, a Master in the American College of Physicians, a member of the Society of Scholars of the Johns Hopkins University and of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Harvey's early research was in skeletal muscle diseases; his later work was in the fields of rehabilitation, geriatrics, and bioethics. Dr. Harvey was the author or editor of five books and 140 professional articles. A life-long member of the Roman Catholic Church, Dr. Harvey was an active parishioner at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown and attended Saint Bartholomew Church after he moved to Fox Hill. Dr. Harvey was a member of the John Carroll Society and served on many committees and advisory boards of the Archdioceses of Washington and Baltimore. The co-founder of the Archdiocesan Health Care Network for the Poor, Homeless, and Uninsured, Dr. Harvey was awarded both the Archdiocesan Medal for Distinguished Service and the Cardinal James P. Hickey Lifetime Service Award. Dr. Harvey was named Knight of Saint Gregory by Pope Paul VI and was elevated to Knight Commander with Star by Pope John Paul II. Dr. Harvey was invested in the Solemn Military Order of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta, and in 2015 professed his solemn vows as a Knight of Justice in the Order. There will be a Memorial Mass for Dr. Harvey on July 1, 2017 at 1 p.m. at Saint Bartholomew Church, 6900 River Road, Bethesda MD, followed by a reception at Fox Hill, 8300 Burdette Road, Bethesda MD. Donations in memory of Dr. Harvey may be made to: Georgetown University Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics - John Collins Harvey Lecture Catholic Charities Foundation of DC Federal Association, Order of Malta - Blessed Gerard Fund The John Carroll SocietyThe John Carroll Society