Malcolm McIlroy

Former cardiologist and pulmonary physiologist San Francisco, California (b 1921; q Cambridge 1944), d 26 October 2003.

During the 1950s Malcolm McIlroy was recruited to join the University of California's fledgling cardiovascular research institute in San Francisco. McIlroy was a pioneer in the study of cardiac haemodynamics and directed the cardiac catheterisation laboratory at the University of California at San Francisco for many years. He co-wrote a highly successful textbook, Clinical Cardiology, which was translated into seven languages. In 1972 the McIlroys purchased a vineyard. They moved there after he retired in 1990 and devoted themselves to producing extremely good wine. He leaves a wife, Margaret; four children; and eight grandchildren.