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JOHN P. STEWARD died of cancer Saturday, Feb. 5, at his home in Palo Alto. He was 72. Steward served as associate dean for student affairs at the School of Medicine from 1971 until his retirement in 1990.
A native Californian, Steward's association with Stanford began in 1944, when he enrolled as an undergraduate, majoring in biological sciences. He received his medical degree from Stanford in 1955.
After his internship, residency and early years of practice in the Navy, Steward returned to Stanford in 1958 as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Medical Microbiology.
Except while on sabbatical leave in 1968 as a research scientist at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, in Melbourne, Australia, Steward remained at Stanford throughout his career, holding a variety of faculty and administrative posts before becoming an associate dean at the School of Medicine.
His 1989 medical school commencement address focused on the components of the Hippocratic Oath and emphasized the need for compassion and humanity and love in the practice of medicine and the care of patients.
In his retirement he provided medical care to AIDS patients and he chaired the HIV Disease Commission for the Episcopal Diocese of California.
Memorial services have been held. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Rector's Discretionary Fund at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto, Calif. 94306.
