Halcott Haden

HADEN, Halcott Townes, M.D., of Richmond and Tappahannock, Virginia, died on June 11, 2010. He was born in Greenville, S.C. on March 15, 1927 the son of the late Janet Green and Nathaniel James Haden. He received a Bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina, and subsequently attended the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1950. After an internship, he served for several years as a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict. After returning to the U.S., he completed a three-year residency in Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital. Dr. Haden married Phyllis Madeline Pond in 1954 in Petersburg, Virginia. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Adrienne Townes Haden, her husband, Victor Quiroz, and their daughters, Victoria Townes Quiroz-Haden and Madeline Rives Quiroz-Haden, of Olney, Maryland, and Janet Virginia Haden-Baker, her husband, Mark Baker, and their son, Griffin Haden Baker, of Viera, Florida. He was predeceased by a brother, Nathaniel James Haden Jr. of Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Haden joined the staff of the McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital in Richmond in 1957, where he served as chief of the hematology section, acting chief of medical service, and then as chief of the nuclear medicine service until his retirement in 1989. During this time, he also served on the faculty of the Medical College of Virginia as associate professor of internal medicine and associate professor of radiology. He authored approximately 35 scientific articles for medical journals. He was a member of American College of Physicians, the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Sons of the Revolution, and the Jamestown Society. Burial in Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia will be private with arrangements being handled by Bliley Funeral Homes.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.