- Date Of Birth: March 11, 1926
- Date Of Death: March 17, 2011
- State: Maine
Edward C. Matthews, MD, 85, of Nobleboro, Maine, died March 17th at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta of a recently diagnosed cancer. He is survived by his beloved wife of 37 years, Priscilla P. Matthews. He was born March 11, 1926 in Passaic, New Jersey, of Canadian born parents: Dr. Leonard M. and Gertrude Timmis Matthews. Dr. Matthews attended Montclair Kimberley Academy. He graduated with high honors from Dartmouth College and attended Dartmouth Medical School in 1946 and received his MD from McGill University Medical College in 1949. Following medical school, he interned at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, New Hampshire and then completed a Pediatric Residency and Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Matthews interrupted his training to serve as a medical officer in the U.S. Navy from 1950 to 1952. Upon his discharge, he commenced his medical career in Cincinnati, Ohio.
