Dr. Jerrold Corbett, BS Med ’54, passed away after a long illness April 17, 2011, in Jackson, Calif., at the age of 86. He was born Aug. 20, 1924, to John and Edna (Brant) Corbett in Minot, N.D. Jerrold served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He studied medicine at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, Calif. Jerrold married Joan Bray on May 23, 1955, in Grand Forks. He finished his medical degree in 1957 and interned at the White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles and then enjoyed a 54-year career as a family medical doctor.

He practiced medicine at Sutter-Amador clinics in Pioneer and Plymouth, Calif. He was also on staff at Sutter-Amador Hospital in Jackson, Calif. His career included chief-of-staff at the Roseville Hospital; director of Humboldt State University Student Health Center, and on staff at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, Calif. He served as weekend ER physician at the Hoopa Indian Reservation in Hoopa, Calif. He spent nine years traveling all over the Pacific and south Atlantic on clipper ships as ship doctor.

Jerrold was a member of the American Medical Association, California Medical Association, The Placer-Nevada Medical Association, Sacramento County Medical Society, and Humboldt-Del Norte Medical Society.