James Henry Dwyer

DWYER, Dr. James Henry, age 86, of Richmond, Va., died peacefully on February 17, 2017. Dr. "Henry" Dwyer was born in Alexandria, Va. on June 25, 1930 to Rosalie Meade Berry and Edward James Dwyer. He grew up in Lorton and spent much of his childhood on the family farm in King George, Va. He graduated from the University of Richmond in 1951 as a starting baseball pitcher, a soloist in the choir and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa honor societies. He graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in 1954 at age 23, youngest in his class and as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. He completed a general medical internship at Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond, then served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957. He returned to Richmond to do a pediatric residency at the Medical College of Virginia. He established the Drs. Dwyer, Austin and Bones pediatric practice on Richmond's southside in the early 1960s. He also served as an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Virginia during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. When he retired in 1997, after more than 40 years in medicine, many of his then-current patients were legacies, the children of former patients. Henry was an active member in the Richmond Academy of Medicine, the South Richmond Rotary Club and Westover Hills United Methodist Church. He was also one of the last active "founding" members of Willow Oaks...

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