APPRECIATION
For Dr. Thomas Connally, service was an natural outgrowth of life
by SCOTT McCAFFREY, Sun Gazette Newspapers May 27, 2020

Dr. Thomas Connally, whose impact on Arlington and the broader world ranged from medicine and positive aging to education and Democratic politics, died April 2 in Arlington. He was 83.

A recipient (with his wife, former School Board member and state legislator Judy Connally) of Arlington’s James B. Hunter Human Rights Award, Connally’s service as a physician did not come to an end with his retirement from private practice. For five years – 2005 to 2010 – he served as medical director of the Arlington Free Clinic, having also served over the years as a volunteer physician there.

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In his professional life, Dr. Connally served in the U.S. Public Health Service in the mid-1960s before entering private practice. A native of Norfolk, (Nathaniel) Thomas Connally was a well-regarded internist in the Washington area for decades, providing care to many notables. He served a term as chief of medicine at Sibley Memorial Hospital.

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Dr. Connally was a frequent lecturer with Encore Learning, and served on the board of governors of the University of Virginia, where he had earned both a bachelor’s degree and his medical degree. (Upon his death, it was revealed that Connally had been a member of the Secret Seven [sic; he means Seven Society], a fraternal and philanthropic society at the university whose members remain publicly nameless during their lifetimes.)

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In addition to his wife, Dr. Connally is survived by a son, N. Thomas Connally; two daughters, Anne Regan and Katherine Connally; as well as five grandchildren and other family members.

The family suggests that contributions in his memory be made to the Arlington Free Clinic.