Robert E. Scully, MD (1921-2012)

Abstract

Robert Edward Scully, MD, a surgical pathologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) for 55 years and Emeritus Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School, died in Boston, MA, on October 30, 2012, after suffering a stroke. He was born in Pittsfield, MA, on August 31, 1921, graduated magna cum laude from the College of the Holy Cross in 1941, and received his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1944. Dr Scully trained in pathology at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital under Dr S. Burt Wolbach and Dr Sidney Farber. He then spent a year as resident at the Free Hospital for Women in Brookline, MA, and Boston Lying-In Hospital under the direction of Dr Arthur T. Hertig. That was followed by a year at Pondville State Cancer Hospital in Norfolk, MA. Dr Scully was next an instructor in pathology at Harvard Medical School for a year before being recruited by Dr Tracy B. Mallory to the MGH. His early tenure there …