CLARK NV Archives Obituaries.....[CONNOLLY, John Albrook 5/17/2006]
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 Las Vegas Review Journal, May, 2006

JOHN CONNOLLY

	John Albrook Connolly, M. D., 48, died May 17.

	He was born June 25, 1957 in Sacramento, Calif., and was raised in 
Boulder City.
	
	Connolly recently participated in a melanoma research project with 
the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., 
in his effort to fight the disease.

	Connolly spent much of his youth exploring the Mohave Desert and 
sailing Lake Mead.  He was a 1975 Boulder City High School graduate and, in 1979, 
he graduated from Stanford University.  Following in his father's footsteps, John 
received his medical degree, graduating near the top of his class, from the University 
of California, Irvine.  He completed an orthopedic residency program at UCI in 1989.  
Connolly was an accomplished and dedicated orthopedic surgeon.  He had a passion 
for sports.  Connolly would play tennis and basketball with family and friends and 
thrived on high-intensity sports including helicopter skiing, biking, kayaking, and rock 
climbing.  He sought to climb every peak, explore every canyon and experience every 
river in the Western United States with one of his major accomplishments being able 
to climb El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.  Connolly shared his enthusiasm by 
coaching youth athletic teams and by actively recruiting veterans and novices to join 
him on his many adventures.

	He is survived by [omitted]

	The family requests donations be made to the John A. Connolly M.D. 
Memorial Living Trust, 4731 S. white Mountain Road, Show Low, AZ 85935, for his 
sons' education.

	A memorial service was May 29 at St. Mary's of the Angels.

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