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Dr. Donald Morris Callahan, 80, of Harrisonburg, beloved hus band, father and grandfather, passed away peacefully Monday, Aug. 11, at his home at Sunnyside Retirement Community.
Dr. Callahan was born on March 10, 1928, in Roanoke, and was the son of the late Frank Scott Callahan and Olivia Morris Callahan.
He was raised in Roanoke and graduated from Jefferson Senior High School in 1946. He was a graduate of Roanoke College in 1950 and the Medical College of Virginia in 1954. Dr. Callahan interned at St. Vincent DePaul Hospital in Norfolk, Va.
He practiced General Medicine in Bayside and Galax, Va. Dr. Callahan entered the Army Medical Corps and completed his Radiology Residency Program at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Callahan was Chief of Radiology at Martin Army Hospital in Fort Benning, Ga. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1967.
After serving his country, he moved to Harrisonburg in 1967 and joined the Radiology Department at Rockingham Memorial Hospital where he practiced medicine until 1993.
During his medical career, Dr. Callahan served as President of the Medical Department, President of the General Medical Staff, President of the Rockingham Medical Society, President of the Medical Society of the Valley of Virginia, Board Member of Shenandoah Shared Hospital Services for 15 years, Chairman of the Radiology Department and Chairman of the RMH Executive Committee for six years.
Dr. Callahan was a Fellow in the American College of Radiology (ACR). Dr. Callahan was a member of the American Medical Association, Medical Society of Virginia, Radiological Society of North America, Mid-Shenandoah Radiology Society, and the American College of Radiology.
He was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Harrisonburg serving as Deacon and Elder. He is also a retired member of the Elk
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