Dr. Kenneth Aaron Haselby MD

Dr. Kenneth Aaron Haselby, MD, 84, of Battle Ground passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at IU Health Arnett Hospital with family by his side.
He was born January 12, 1941, in Kokomo to the late Dale Q. and Dorothy H. (Meiner) Haselby. He graduated from Star City High School in 1959 and earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering with Tau Beta Pi honors from Purdue University in 1964. As a co-op student at Purdue, he worked at Ford Motor Company in Indianapolis. Ken worked for two years at General Motors in Detroit. On August 12, 1966, he married Carla Rae Sigman in Jasper County. Ken left GM to pursue a medical degree at Indiana University School of Medicine, graduating with AOA honors in 1971. Dr. Haselby completed his Anesthesia internship and residency in April 1974.
Following his residency, he joined Dr. Krishna at Riley Hospital for Children where he held the position of Assistant Director of Pediatric Anesthesia for 18 years working in the OR, ICU, and research. While there he was also Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Indiana University. He later became Chief of Anesthesia at Wishard Memorial Hospital (now Eskenazi), for 12 years. He was named Professor Emeritus of Anesthesia at Indiana University when he retired in 2006. Following retirement Ken worked part-time until 2020 as a Senior Engineer for Cook Research, Inc. in West Lafayette developing medical devices.
Dr. Kenneth A. Haselby was known by colleagues and patients as a kind man who was humble and intelligent with a tremendous sense of humor. He was an ardent Purdue fan. He enjoyed mentoring and with his wife he established the Haselby Family Scholarship for students with an engineering background pursuing a medical degree at IU School of Medicine.
Along with his wife, Carla, Ken is survived by his two sons, Aaron Haselby and Nathan (Pamela Wong) Haselby. He also leaves behind his brothers Robert (Jeanne) Haselby and Wayne (Sandy) Haselby and his sister Linda (Larry) Doll.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Dale and Dorothy Haselby and daughter, Heather Rae Haselby.
Visitation will be from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm, Monday, September 22, 2025, at Soller-Baker, Lafayette Chapel, 400 Twyckenham Blvd., Lafayette, IN 47909.
A private memorial service will be held at a later date at Battle Ground Methodist Church where he was a member.

For anyone who wants to read more about Dr. Haselby:
https://medicine.iu.edu/magazine/tinker-healer-teacher-researcher
Thanks to Chelsea McClellan and all who contributed to the article, particularly John.

There are two options for giving to the IU School of Medicine in Ken's memory.

For the Haselby Family Scholarship, donations can be made by check or credit card and referencing the Haselby Family Scholarship, account #P370006937. This scholarship is used to support students enrolled in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MD-PhD).

For check donations, please make the check payable to "IU Foundation – IUSM"
In the memo add account number "#P370006937 / in memory of Kenneth Haselby"

Indiana University School of Medicine
c/o IU Foundation
P.O. Box 7072
Indianapolis, IN 46207-7072

Donations by credit card can be made by calling the IU Foundation:
(812) 855-8311 or 1-800-558-8311.
Please reference account number "#P370006937 / in memory of Kenneth Haselby"

The IU School of Medicine also established the Kenneth A. Haselby Pediatric Anesthesia Award in his honor in 2007. This award supports a pediatric anesthesia fellow or faculty in the Section of Pediatric Anesthesia in the Department of Anesthesia.
The account number for check or phone donations is #P370006666.
Same mailing address and phone numbers as above.
This fund also has an online giving link:
https://give.myiu.org/iu-indianapolis/P370006666.html

Lastly, Ken and Carla also set up the "Haselby Outstanding Biomedical Engineering Senior Award" at Purdue University which recognizes two top seniors each year at the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. For donating to this fund please contact Brian J. Knoy, Senior Director of Development, bjknoy@purdueforlife.org.