Deceased June 28, 2016
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In Memory
Jim died peacefully on June 28 from a recurrence of lymphoma, at home surrounded by family.
Jim grew up in Merrick, Long Island. In high school his sports were swimming, track and football. Well-liked, he was elected class president. For Jim, sports became a lifelong passion, whether playing, coaching or refereeing, and only lymphoma could slow or stop him.
At Amherst, Jim was equal to the demands of the New Curriculum and the pre-med program, and he continued swimming and track. He joined Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Graduating with a bachelor’s degree in biology, Jim began earning an M.D. at the University of Rochester’s School of Medicine. There he met a research assistant at Strong Memorial Hospital, Elizabeth Kuter, who also was intent on earning a medical degree. Jim persuaded her to marry him despite her reluctance to abandon her original plans.
They moved to Denver, where Jim interned in pediatrics, and Elizabeth engaged in virus research at the University of Colorado.
Jim’s internship was nearly completed when he was drafted. Elizabeth accompanied Jim to Fort Gordon, Ga., where he served for two years in the U.S. Army as a general medical officer and was awarded an Army Commendation Medal “for outstanding and meritorious service.”
Happily returning to Denver, and with children on the way, Jim resumed preparation in pediatrics at University Hospital and added training in adult and child psychiatry at Denver Children’s Hospital. Elizabeth continued her virus research while Jim opened a small private practice. Ahead of them lay the dedicated, decades-long, harmonious, exemplary careers together that had hung in the balance when Jim and Elizabeth first met in Rochester.
James is survived by Elizabeth, and by two daughters, a son and three grandchildren. His brother, George S. Tulloch Jr. ’54, passed away Aug. 23.
Colin Dickson ’59