Thomas B. Carlile, Jr., MD

May 6, 1914 - Feb 26, 2004

Thomas Carlile was born in Grand Rapids, Ml, on May 6th, 1914. He attended the University of Michigan, receiving a Medical Degree in 1939. He remained a lifelong member of the UM Alumni Association until his death on February 26th, 2004. In 1937

Dr. Carlile married Roberta Ault of San Diego and moved to Seattle for his internship at Virginia Mason Hospital. They lived in Seattle, Clyde Hill and Bellevue, where they raised their three children who survive them: Thomas Carlile of Seattle, Craig Carlile of Bellingham, and Catherine Mercier of Portland, OR. Additional survivors include five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mrs. Carlile died in 1990.

Dr. Carlile was a prominent figure in radiology and cancer treatment-mostly at the Virginia Mason Medical Center-throughout his career, including the following highlights: Chief of Radiology at Virginia Mason while still in his residency, 1945-48. President of the Washington State Radiology Society, 1945-1946. At Virginia Mason, established first Nuclear Medicine department in the northwest, 1948. Founding member and President of the Pacific Northwest Radiological Society.

Founding member and first president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, 1953-54. President of the American Cancer Society, 1961-62. President of the Pacific Science Center, Seattle, 1966-1968. Established the Breast Cancer Detection Center project at Virginia Mason, 1971. Board of Directors of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1971-1985.

He retired from the Virginia Mason Radiology Department in 1974. Dr. Carlile enjoyed bird hunting and fishing for salmon and steelhead with family members and his close friends at the Mason Clinic. A major focus of recreation and relaxation was riverfront property on the Tolt River, near Carnation, where land clearing, woodcutting, fishing and cabin building occupied his free time and provided family activities and precious memories for their children.

A lifelong Episcopalian, Dr. Carlile participated at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Medina, Washington, where he was a lay reader and made home visits to provide Eucharist to homebound members of the congregation. It was at St. Thomas that he met Ann Lund, whom he married and who brightened the last years of his life. She predeceased him by seven months.

In his last two months his son Craig moved Dr. Carlile from a nursing home in Bellevue to another in Bellingham, to benefit from closer attention. There the combined effects of advanced Alzheimer's disease and general decline of health claimed him as he slept. Private services. Remembrances may be made to the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle, WA, 21 Mar 2004

Sources: Ancestry.com and Newspapers.com

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