Rawser P. Crank ’52

Rawser P. Crank ’52, of Cumming, Ga.; May 27, from post-op complications from diverticular bleeding. In addition to 29 years of private practice in internal medicine and cardiology and a five year affiliation with Dekalb Medical Center, he served a year as assistant director of the stroke and vascular division of the U.S. Public Health Service in Washington, D.C., and another year as associate professor in cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine. He retired at age 90. He was a past member of the American Medical Society, Medical Association of Georgia, and Dekalb Medical Society. He served on numerous professional committees at Dekalb Medical Center, he lectured on medical ethics, and in 1970 he was cofounder of the Scottdale Clinic, a free clinic for the care of medically indigent people. He was the proud recipient of the Julius McCurdy award, chosen by his peers, for outstanding care and service to Dekalb Medical Center and the community. He enjoyed singing with the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and the Atlanta Choral Society. He was president and on the board of the Atlanta Bach choir and sang with the choir for two years. He was always very active in his local community church, and he enjoyed woodworking, fishing, and gardening, having landscaped and maintained the grounds of Meadowbrook Nursing Home (Ga.). He is survived by his wife, Barbara; two children; three step-children; and seven grandchildren.