Dr. John William ‘Bill’ Gallup

SALISBURY — Dr. John William “Bill” Gallup was born in Boston, Mass., in 1929. 

He entered Cornell University intending to become a forester and graduated with the intent of tending people. 

He graduated from Tufts Medical School in 1955.  

He and his wife, Jean, moved to Montreal for the next two years, where he continued his medical education. They then moved to Japan, where Dr. Gallup served for three years in the post-occupation U.S. Army as a pediatrician for service dependents.

On return, Dr. Gallup completed his pediatric training at Boston Children’s Hospital over the following two years.  In 1962, he and his young family moved to Salisbury, where he joined Dr. Haydock at the Sharon Clinic. He was pediatrician to families, covered well-baby clinics and at various times served as pediatrician for the Society of Brothers, private schools and two residential facilities for children with severe mental and physical impairments.

Bill loved the outdoors, music, contributing in quiet ways to the community and ice cream. 

After retiring, he and his wife traveled widely and volunteered at the Schweitzer Hospital in Haiti. 

He attended a range of classes including the Taconic Learning Center (TLC), where he served a year as president.

He particularly enjoyed working with the crew at the annual Salisbury Winter Sports Association ski jump.  

Until the time of his death, he served on the Board of Directors for The Foundation for Community Health, for which he was a founding member.

Dr. Gallup is survived  by his wife, Jean; his children, Sarah Gallup of Portland, Ore., Cristin (Gallup) Rich and son-in-law David Rich, John Gallup and daughter-in-law Than Ngoc Anh of Portland; and his grandchildren, Elizabeth and Katherine Rich and Ý Yên and Ý Lại Gallup.

A remembrance of Dr. Gallup’s life is tentatively planned for late spring.