Dr. David C. Cottrell II, former clinical assistant professor in PSOM, died June 5 at his home in Winfield. He was 86.

He earned a BA from the University of Tennessee in 1955 and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He then served in the United States Army. He was stationed at Okinawa, Japan, and was honorably discharged in 1962 with the rank of captain.

Dr. Cottrell did his internship at HUP and joined the faculty at Penn as an assistant instructor and research fellow in orthopedic surgery in 1962. The next year he became an assistant instructor and resident in the same department. He went on to become an associate instructor and then an associate clinical educator. He became a clinical assistant professor in 1980.

Dr. Cottrell left Penn in 1985 to start a private practice in Bryn Mawr, which he later moved to Selinsgrove. He performed surgery at both the Sunbury Community Hospital and Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg until his retirement in 2000.

Dr. Cottrell was a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

His professional memberships included the American Medical Association, the Pennsylvania Orthopedic Society, the Eastern Orthopedic Association, and the Pennsylvania Medical Association.

He is survived by his wife, Sandra L. Beaver; son, David “Chad” Cottrell, III; daughter, Catherine Cottrell (Jack Reilly); granddaughter, Eleanor June Reilly; and two nephews and a niece.