November 3, 1994: Vol26n9: Obituraries: George L. Sheehan, 91, physician

Services were held Oct. 4 in St. John Neumann Chapel of St. John the
Baptist Catholic Church, Town of Tonawanda, for George L. Sheehan, who
served as an associate clinical professor of medicine at the UB
medical school for many years. Sheehan, 91, who practiced medicine
until four years ago, died Sept. 30 in his home after a long illness.
	A 1928 graduate of the University of Buffalo School of
Medicine, he was associate chief of medicine at Roswell Park Cancer
Institute for 31 years. He was a specialist in the treatment of
leukemia.
	Sheehan, physician for the Town of Tonawanda schools for two
decades, was director of medical education at Deaconess Hospital from
1961-1968. He also served on the staffs of Buffalo General and Kenmore
Mercy hospitals.
	Survivors include his wife, Mary; a son, Thomas G. of Mount
Prospect, Ill.; two daughters, Sheila C. Drexelius of Clarence and
Mary Kathleen Pepe of Centreville, Va.; nine grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.