Dr. John N. Schullinger, 94, died on November 13, 2023 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center of natural causes.

He was born June 26, 1929 in New York City, the son of Rudolph N. and Audrey B. Schullinger of New York City and Woodstock, Vermont. He attended The Buckley School in New York City from 1936 to 1943, and The Hotchkiss School of Lakeville, CT from 1943 to 1947. He was a graduate of Princeton University (1951) and The College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. In 1962 he married Nancy Kyle Kiener of Chester, Virginia. His post-graduate training, interrupted by 2 ½ years as ship's surgeon in the Arctic and Antarctic with the U.S. Navy, was at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. He practiced and taught general surgery at that institution until 1969, when he joined the full-time staff of the affiliated Babies Hospital (now the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital at the Columbia University Medical Center in New York City). His primary interests were the surgical problems of infants and children, especially those with cancer, and for 35 years he was the editor of the International Abstracts of Pediatric Surgery in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery. He retired in 1997 as Professor Emeritus of Clinical Surgery but continued to serve on several committees for the medical school and hospital, including the Board of Admissions for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Columbia Medical School. He was also on the board of several organizations including The Charles Edison Fund, The Children of China Pediatrics Foundation (of which he was a founding member), National Hypertension Association, and The Hotchkiss School.

In 1994 Dr. Schullinger and his wife moved to Woodstock, Vermont where he enjoyed fly fishing, reading, writing, painting and the study of nature in all its forms, particularly astronomy and geology. He continued to stay active in the medical field and made yearly trips to China to provide surgical care at Chinese orphanages until 2015. In 2003 he made a Transatlantic voyage in the company of three other friends, all in their mid-70's, known as the "Creaky Crew". He cherished summers at the family camp on a Maine lake from the time he was a small boy right up to his 90's. New York City remained for all his life a treasured home where he visited every other week to see friends, colleagues and former patients. He was known and beloved by patients, colleagues, friends and family for his kindness, compassion, integrity and concern for humanity. His life was spent in service to others, and his gentle presence enriched the lives of all who knew him. He was a member of The Lakota Club of Woodstock and The Century Association of New York City. He is survived by his daughter, Sallie B. Schullinger-Krause of Woodstock, nephews Connor Seabrook and Randall Seabrook, niece Susannah Seabrook Monahon, and several great nieces and nephews.

The Memorial service will be held on Saturday May 11, 2024 at St. James Episcopal Church in Woodstock, Vermont beginning at 1:00pm.