Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Etheridge, James Edward, Jr., MD May 27, 2011
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Virginian-Pilot May 29, 2011
James E. Etheridge Jr. M.D. died May 27, 2011, at the age of 81. Dr. Etheridge 
was a native of Norfolk, Va., and was the son of Mary Stuart Gooch Etheridge and 
James E. 'Chip' Etheridge.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Stuart Etheridge and by his mother 
and father.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 55 years, Jacqueline Williams Etheridge.
He was a member of Christ and St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Following graduation 
from Maury High School, he attended the University of Virginia where he received 
his B.A. and M.D. degrees. He was commissioned a Capt. in the USAR and served in 
Tacoma, Washington and Anchorage, Alaska.
Dr. Etheridge returned to the University of Virginia School of Medicine for a 
residency in Pediatrics. Upon completion, he joined the Department of Pediatrics 
as an instructor.
In 1962 he received a Special Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health 
and became a Fellow in Pediatric Neurology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., 
the Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill., and Neuropathology at the 
University of Illinois School of Medicine.
Upon completion of the Fellowship, he was named an assistant professor in the 
Departments of Medicine (Neurology) and Pediatrics in the University of North 
Carolina School of Medicine. Later, he returned to the Mayo Clinic in a program 
in clinical neurophysiology.
In 1969, Dr. Etheridge came to Norfolk as the 4th member of the institution that 
became the Eastern Virginia Medical School. He developed and chaired the 
Division of Pediatric Neurology in Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters 
and became Chair of the Department of Neurology in EVMS. He established the 
programs in Electroencephalography in Norfolk General Hospital and in C.H.K.D.
Dr. Etheridge was the Pediatric Neurology consultant to St. Mary's Infant Home, 
to Southeastern Virginia Training Center and to the Virginia Bureau of Crippled 
Children. He was the author of articles published in journals and contributed 
chapters to textbooks on Child Neurology, served as past President of the 
Virginia Neurological Society and of the Southern Electroencephalographic 
Society and was a member of the Editorial Board of the Virginia Medical 
Quarterly.
In 1989, Dr. Etheridge was appointed the Dean/Provost at EVMS. He retired in 
1993. In 1999, he was asked to return and serve as Dean/Provost and continued in 
that role until 2001.
EVMS awards presented to Dr. Etheridge include the Outstanding Faculty Award for 
Institutional Service and the honorary degree Doctor of Science, honoris causa.
The Board of St. Mary's Infant Home named an EVMS scholarship for Dr. Etheridge 
and Dr. Shoaibi. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Baker donated funds to name the first EVMS 
Distinguished Professorship in honor of Dr. Etheridge.
He was a lifelong member of the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club, where he served 
as Commodore, and was a founding member of the Town Point Club.
At the University of Virginia, he was a member of the St. Elmo Hall Fraternity. 
More recently, he was a member of the Thomas Jefferson, the Cornerstone, and the 
Compass Rose Societies.
A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at 
Christ and St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Eastern Virginia 
Medical School Foundation, P.O. Box 5, Norfolk, VA 23501-0005 or to Christ and 
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 560 W. Olney Road Norfolk, VA 23507.
H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments Norfolk Chapel is handling arrangements.

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