IN MEMORIAM
HOWARD McCUE, JR.
4/12/1917 – 12/23/2010

Howard McCue, Jr., distinguished Richmond Cardiologist and Insurance Executive, died on December 23, 2010 at his home. He is survived by his wife of 10 years, Emma Gray Emory McCue; his daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn and Robert Osteen; his son and daughter-in-law, Howard and Judith McCue III; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Dr. McCue was predeceased by his first wife, Carolyn Moore McCue, who died in April 1999.

Dr. McCue graduated from the University of Virginia in 1937. He then entered medical school at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. It was there that he met Carolyn, who was also studying to be a doctor at a time when there were few women in the medical field. They were married in 1941 and graduated together at the top of their class that same year. He won the prize in Medicine and she won the prize in Surgery. They began their medical internships at the University of Wisconsin in 1941 and moved to Philadelphia in 1942 for more advanced medical training. He volunteered for the newly created Air Force Medical Corps and was the Post Surgeon at Shaw Field in Sumter, South Carolina at the time of his discharge. They then moved back to Richmond in 1946 and joined the medical faculty of MCV. He became a Fellow in Cardiology and in 1948, he was asked to provide part-time medical advisory services to the Life Insurance Company of Virginia.

Dr. McCue gave up his office practice to accept a full-time position as a medical officer with Life Insurance Company of Virginia but continued his teaching of Cardiology and his hospital consultation practice at MCV. He rose in the ranks with Life Insurance Company of Virginia and retired from there in 1983 as a Senior Vice President. He continued to teach at MCV and when he retired from the medical staff of MCV in 1996, it had been 50 years since he first joined that institution.

The exact date that Howard and Carolyn McCue joined Fishing Bay Yacht Club is unknown but it is believed that they joined in the late 1940’s. They were members when the club was still located in Urbanna and known as the Urbanna Yacht Club. After the club moved to Deltaville, they built a vacation home on Stove Point. He was very active as a Jollyboat racer in the early 1960’s and later raced offshore boats, particularly a 35 ft. Melody Sloop named Quartet that he co-owned with Dr. Beverley Clary. Dr. McCue served on the Fishing Bay Yacht Club Board as Rear Commodore in 1959, Vice Commodore in 1960, Commodore in 1961, and CBYRA Delegate from 1967-1970. They were elected to a Life Membership in 1990.

A memorial service will be held at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Friday, December 31, 2010 at 11 a.m. Memorial gifts may be made to the MCV Foundation, P.O. Box 980234, Richmond, VA 23298; St. Catherine’s School, 6001 Grove Avenue, Richmond, VA 23226; or St. Christopher’s School, 711 St. Christopher’s Road, Richmond, VA 23226.

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