In Memoriam: Faculty and Friends

Notices sorted by graduation date

J. David Deck of Charlottesville died April 2, 2026. A researcher and graduate student at Princeton University who studied limb regeneration in amphibians, he came to the UVA School of Medicine’s anatomy department in 1954. He later moved to the Department of Cell Biology. In his 46-year teaching career at UVA, he taught anatomy and histology to over 6,000 first-year medical students, receiving several teaching awards from students and faculty. In recognition of his scholastic work and service to the university, he was selected to become a member of the Raven Society. Additionally, he published research on structures of the aortic valve and heart tissues. He was a lover of music, a world traveler and a family historian. Survivors include his daughter; his sons, J. David Deck Jr. (Col ’82 CM) and Stewart L. Deck (Col class of ’92); and his daughters-in-law Patricia Faszewski Deck (Col class of ’82) and Elizabeth Rogerson Deck (Col ’91 CM).