J. David Boyd died on January 7, 2010 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He was surrounded by his loving and grateful family.
David was born January 2, 1937 in Highland Park, Illinois to the late Marian Taylor Boyd and Douglas Boyd. He married Nancy Nichols on June 25, 1960. He was a loving and devoted husband.
Educated at Harvard, David received his medical degree from the University of Illinois and completed a residency in Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Medical Center in 1968. He served in the US Army at Ft. Gordon Georgia from 1968 until 1970.
In 1970 David moved with his wife and children to Boulder, Colorado where he maintained a private practice and served as Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Wardenburg Student Health Center, University of Colorado. In addition to seeing patients he was a clinical professor and supervisor of medical students.
In 1992 David moved to Minneapolis to become Medical Director for United Behavioral Health, Minnesota. These were years of dynamic changes in the delivery of mental health care services and David focused on insuring that patients received the help they needed in an insurance managed health care environment. He joined the Mayo Clinic Psychiatric staff in Rochester, Minnesota in 1998 and retired in 2002. In 2003 he was elected Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
Long-time summer residents of Fish Creek, Wisconsin, David and Nancy made it their permanent home in 2002. David continued seeing patients on a part-time basis as well as serving as a board member for Door County Community Programs, Sunshine House, JAK's Place, and Door County Environmental Council. He also was a member of the Gibraltar Township Planning Commission. In retirement, he enjoyed many outdoor activities with friends and family. He was always ready for a good conversation, to hear the latest news, and delighted in finding a sense of the absurd in every occasion.
In addition to his wife, David is survived by daughters, Liz Hoswell, Westminster,
Colorado and Katie McGlenn, Madison, Wisconsin; his son, Douglas Boyd, Denver, Colorado; his sister, Ann Boyd, Boulder, Colorado; his grandchildren, Madeline and Sam Hoswell, Boyd, Maggie, and Tess McGlenn; and his sons-in-law, Michael Hoswell and Deven McGlenn; and his sister’s partner, Suzanne Kincaid.
A celebration of David Boyd’s life will he held this summer in Fish Creek, Wisconsin. Please send your stories and memories of David by commenting at this site or by sending them to Nancy Boyd, PO Box Fish Creek, WI 54212.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Sunshine House, 55 West Yew Street, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 http://www.sunshinehouseinc.org/index.html; the Door County Environmental Council, PO Box 114, Fish Creek WI 54212 http://www.dcec-wi.org/; JAK’s Place 820 Egg Harbor Road, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 http://www.jaks-place.com/
