CUTHBERT, Marvin - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Dr. Marvin P. Cuthbert, 71, a native of Kingman and a retired ophthalmologist at Carmel, died at Wickenburg Community Hospital in Wickenburg, Arizona recently.

  Dr. Cuthbert, who was noted for performing the first successful corneal transplants, had an ophthalmology practice in Carmel for 34 years, retiring in 1981.

  While serving in the U. S. Army Medical Corps from 1944 to 1947, he did research in chemical warfare. From 1943 to 1944 he was a researcher at Cornell University College of Medicine and helped establish the first eye bank for corneal transplants. He was a resident in ophthalmology and a lecturer in refraction at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary from 1941 to 1943.

  A graduate of Culver Military Academy and Indiana University Medical School, he did post- graduate eye surgery study at the University of Pennsylvania in 1940. He was a fellow of the International College of Surgeons and a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Indiana and Arizona State Medical societies. He had been a diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology since 1942.

  He was a member of St. Christopher’s at Carmel, Traders Point Hunt Club, Crow’s Nest Skeet Club, Culver Legion, Varsity Club I-Men’s Association, Phi Kappa Psi and Nu Sigma Nu fraternities and was a former member of University Club.

  Survivors include his wife, Marjorie B. Cuthbert, and two sons, Stephen J. and Frederick S. Cuthbert II. – thanks so much to “S”