Southampton County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Camp, Dr. Paul D. Jr., 1984 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ PAUL DOUGLAS CAMP, JR. Dr. Paul Douglas Camp, Jr., of Richmond, died Saturday, September 22, 1984 at the age of 81. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cornelia Staves Camp; two children, Cornelia Tracy Camp and Paul D. Camp, III of Richmond; two grandchildren, Elizabeth James Camp and Paul Douglas Camp, IV; two sisters, Mrs. Charles R. Younts of Atlanta and Mrs. Robert F. Marks of Boykins, Va. Dr. Camp was a graduate of Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. After interning in New York City, he did post doctoral study in Boston, London, and Vienna. A cardiologist, he practiced medicine in Richmond from 1934 until his retirement in 1978. He was a former faculty member at the Medical College of Virginia and a member of the Board of Directors of Johnston-Willis Hospital and held appointments at several other Richmond hospitals. A member of a number of medical society, Dr. Camp was a past officer of the Richmond Area, Virginia and American Heart Associations and also the American College of Cardiology. He was a founder and deacon of River Road Baptist Church, where services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in Hollywood Cemetery. ****************************************************************************** DR. PAUL DOUGLAS CAMP, JR. DR. CAMP, CARDIOLOGIST, DIES AT 81 RICHMOND - Dr. Paul D. Camp Jr., 81, a prominent Richmond cardiologist, died Saturday at his home in Windsor Farms after a short illness. The son of the late Paul D. Camp and Ella Cobb Camp, he was born in Franklin. Dr. Camp was to have accepted an award Saturday at Virginia Military Institute’s third continuing medical education program. His son, Paul D. Camp III, accepted the award for him. A 1924 graduate of Virginia Military Institute, Dr. Camp received his medical degree from the University of Virginia Medical School in 1928, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After an internship at the Roosevelt Hospital in New York City from 1928 to 1930, he was a Darden fellow and cardiac resident under Dr. Paul Dudley White at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1930 and 1931. He was a voluntary research worker under Sir Thomas Lewis at University College Hospital and Medical School in London from August 1931 to October 1933, after which he continued his training in Vienna. Dr. Camp entered private practice in Richmond in 1934 as the first Richmond physician to establish a practice limited to cardiology. He retired in 1978. He was on the faculty of the Medical College of Virginia and was director of the Outpatient Cardiac Clinic, which he founded at the MCV Hospital in 1934. He was the author of 32 articles relating to cardiovascular disease. Dr. Camp was a member of the board of directors of Johnston-Willis Hospital and also held appointments at several other local hospital. He was a consultant to the Rheumatic Fever Children’s Heart Clinic and the rheumatic fever program of the State Departments of Health. Dr. Camp was a fellow of the American College of Physician and a past governor for Virginia of other American College of Cardiology. A leader in his profession, he was past president of the Richmond Area Heart Association, and a past member of the board of directors of the American Heart Association. A diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, he was a member of the Richmond Academy of Medicine and the Medical Society of Virginia, and was the past president of the Tri-state Medical Society. He was a past chairman of the board of Directors of Medical Associates of Richmond Inc., a member of the advisory committee of Johnston-Willis and Chippenham hospitals and a former member of the board of directors of the Union Camp Corp. A staunch friend and benefactor of education, Dr. Camp was a member of the board of associates of the University of Richmond, a former chairman of the board of the Gill Country Day School and a past president of the Richmond Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. He was a founder and deacon of the River Road Baptist Church. He was honored in 1965 by the award of a certificate of appreciation from the advisory committee of the University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association for his leadership and outstanding contributions to cardiology. Recently Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Younts of Atlanta pledged $1 million to build Paul D. Camp Jr., M.D., Heart Teaching Center at the University of Virginia’s new hospital. Mrs. Younts is his sister. Dr. Camp is survived by his wife, Cornelia Staves Camp; two sisters, Mrs. Younts of Atlanta and Mrs. Robert F. Marks of Boykins, Va.; a daughter, Cornelia Tracy Camp; and his son. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in River Road Baptist Church. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery. Dr. Paul Douglas CAMP, Jr., retired cardiologist, b. Franklin, d. 22 Sep 1984, at home, Richmond, age 81, interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, donated obits, newspapers unknown His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 16, 1938, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c510e2ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Parker C. Agelasto & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c510p2ob.txt