Timothy M. Empkie (FAC)

Timothy M. Empkie, of Providence, R.I.; Dec. 30. He had a distinguished career in medicine. He spent two years in the National Health Service Corps and spent a decade coordinating health programs in Central Europe and the Balkans. He joined the Department of Family Medicine in 1984 and later was director of predoctoral education and coordinated medical student exchanges between Brown and German universities in Rostock and Tübingen until 1993. He then was an assistant dean in the Warren Alpert Medical School and from 2002 to 2016 was an advisor to PLME students. In addition to teaching, he was a community activist who led efforts to stopconstruction of a stadium on park land in Providence and supported LGBTQ+ rights. Always a basketball fan, he served as faculty liaison for the men’s basketball program from 2017 until the time of his passing. He is survived by a sister and nieces and nephews.