Lyman Page, 84, died July 3 in Scarborough, ME.
A graduate of Yale University and the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, he practiced pediatrics for 15 years in Maine, and was the first board-certified pediatric endocrinologist in the state. He then moved to Waterbury, CT, where he was the chief of pediatrics at two hospitals. As a professor of pediatrics at Yale University, he led a program in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at King Faisal Hospital.
He returned to practicing pediatrics in Providence with Jay Orson, MD, and joined the faculty at Brown’s medical school. He also served as a pediatrician for the Mission Evangelique Baptiste Bethesda in Haiti.
After retiring to Kennebunkport in 2002, Dr. Page volunteered with local environmental organizations, sang in his church choir, sailed, skied, and shared laughs with friends and family.
He is survived by his wife, Gillet Thomas Page, two sons, a daughter, and five grandchildren. Gifts in his memory may be made to Hospice of Southern Maine, US Route One, #1, Scarborough, ME 04074; or the Mission Evangelique Baptiste Bethesda/UCC, 600 Fall River Ave., Seekonk, MA 02771.
