DONALD MACQ. CLOUGH M.D.

BANGOR – Donald MacQuarrie Clough M.D., 84, joined his ancestors on Jan. 9, 2004, after a life well lived. He was born April 23, 1919, in Worcester, Mass., the son of Gerald Cameron Clough of Concord, N.H., and Mildred Jean Whitbred Clough of Vancouver, British Columbia. He graduated from Classical High School in Springfield, Mass., in 1936, and from Springfield College with high honors in 1940. He received his M.D. from Tufts Medical School in 1943, and served his internship at the Naval Hospital in Norfolk, Va. He was proud to have served his country in the U.S. Navy and with the Marines in World War II. He was on a Fletcher Class Destroyer in the South Pacific in 1945, during the invasion of Okinawa, and worked at the Pacific Fleet Hospital in Guam. He obtained a master’s degree in surgery at the graduate school of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and completed his surgical training at the Guthrie Clinic Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Penn. He furthered his surgical education at the Lahey Clinic in Boston in 1951, with some of the giants of general and thoracic surgery at that time. He returned to the Guthrie Clinic and enjoyed a magnificent career in surgery for more than 30 years, with teaching appointments as Clinical Professor of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and Hahnemann Medical College. He is well remembered for his contributions to the teaching of surgical residents and medical students, his many publications and presentations in the field of surgery, and the countless patients who benefited from his knowledge and skill. His retirement brought him to Bangor, where he remained active on the medical staffs of Eastern Maine Medical Center and St. Joseph Hospital, assisting with surgery and remaining current in his field. His two surgeon sons and their patients benefited particularly from his advice and continued participation, and he remained interested in the latest surgical developments to the last days of his life. His joy and continued engagement in his profession and his pride in his Naval service led him to a position as the ship’s physician for the Maine Maritime Academy’s training ship “State of Maine,” on several of their training voyages, most notably to Normandy for the 50th anniversary of D-Day. Dr. Clough served as president of the Central New York Surgical Society, and was an active member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Medical Association, the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, and several local medical societies. His many memberships ranged from the “Tin Can Sailors Association” and the “American Medical Fly Fishing Association,” to all the local Salmon clubs, and he gave his time freely to the boards of several charitable organizations. He was a member and deacon of All souls Congregational Church. Dr. Clough was predeceased by his wife of 45 years, Harriet Ann (Mills) Clough, in 1989. They were married in Norfolk, Va., in 1944, while both were in the service of their country. He had the great good fortune to enjoy a second marriage to Julia “Judy” Maxim Clough in 1991, and his children will forever be grateful for her addition to the family. He leaves a legacy of academic achievement, the highest standards of surgical skill, and honor and integrity in every aspect of daily life. He bequeathed to his children a love of literature, music, history, work and fly fishing. He is survived by three sons and one daughter, Dr. Donald Mills Clough, his wife, Madelyn, and their children, Cameron, Mathew and Jennifer, of Bangor; Patricia Jean Mouquin, her husband, Charles, and their children, Henri, James and Charlotte, of Sparkill, N.Y.; Dr. Robert Alan Clough, his wife, Jo Ann, and their children, Andrew and Rebecca, of Bangor; and John Paul Clough IV, his wife, Marlis, and his children, Margaret, Austin and Lucy of Thomasville, Ga.; stepdaughter, Melissa Baer, her husband, Roger, and their children, Mathew and Andrew, of Harrisburg, Pa.; great-grandchildren, Jack and Sarah Dalton of Bangor; and lifelong friend, George Guthrie Conyngham of Pennsylvania. Friends may call 5-7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, at Brookings-Smith, 133 Center St., Bangor. A funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, at All Souls Congregational Church, 10 Broadway, Bangor, with the Rev. Dr. James L. Haddix, pastor and teacher, officiating. Interment will be in the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Augusta. Those who wish may make contributions in his memory to the Bangor Humane Society, 693 Mt. Hope Ave., Bangor or the Phillips-Strickland House, 21 Boyd St., Bangor.