NICHOLAS P. CHRISTY

CHRISTY--Dr. Nicholas P., 90, of Westerly, RI and Niantic, CT, former Professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, died peacefully Saturday, April 26, 2014 at The Westerly Nursing Home. Born in Morristown, NJ, June 18, 1923, he moved to New York City after his graduation from Yale University and lived there until his retirement in 1994. Dr. Christy received his medical degree from Columbia University College of P & S in 1951, concluding his post-graduate studies in biochemistry at Columbia in 1959. He served in the USNR from 1942 to 1946. Concentrating in endocrinology at Columbia, Dr. Christy won awards for undergraduate research, scholarship in the medical sciences and meritorious post-graduate research. He was Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism from 1963 until 1967, and an Associate and Consulting Editor of the Cecil-Loeb Textbook of Medicine from 1967 to 1978. He authored or contributed to over one hundred papers published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the American Journal of Medicine, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology, the Journal of the American Medical Association and others. He was the editor and co-author of The Human Adrenal Cortex published by Harper & Row in 1971. Dr. Christy was Director of the Department of Medicine at Roosevelt Hospital, NYC from 1965 to 1979. He was Chief of Staff at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY from 1979 to 1988. Dr. Christy was a member of the American Clinical and Climatological Association, the Endocrine Society and the Mahler Society. He was a lifetime member of the Century Association, NYC and president from 1987 1990, during which time he presided over the admission of women to that formerly all-male institution. He married Beverly Morris in 1947, who pre-deceased him in 1997. He is survived by his wife of fifteen years, the former Caroline P. Adams, son and daughter-in-law, Nicholas, Jr. and Sonya M. Christy, daughter, Martha V. Christy, and three grandchildren, Nicholas III, Luke, and Beverly. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, May 31 at 11am at Christ Church in Westerly, RI. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Endocrine Society trainee and fellowship awards program, 2055 L Street, Ste.600, Washington, D.C., c/o Amy Woodward.