Samuel H. Tucker, M’56, GM’60, an emeritus associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, died on April 7. He was 86.

Dr. Tucker attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and graduated from Princeton University in 1952, before earning his medical degree from University of Pennsylvania in 1956.

He actively served in the US Naval Reserves and retired with the rank of Captain.

He joined the School of Medicine faculty in 1958 as assistant instructor and taught for 20 years. In 1976, he became associate professor of pediatrics with a secondary appointment in neurology. His secondary appointment was continually renewed through 1996. In 1992, he retired and became emeritus associate professor of pediatrics.

He is survived by his wife, Robin; sons, Alden and Robertson, and their mother, Martha; a twin sister, Elizabeth Tucker Ripley; stepdaughters Susan Laquintano, Jacqueline Moses, Crissa Robin Carroll and Ellisa Beth Budnick; a stepson, Matthew Justus; one grandson; and 14 step-grandchildren whom he helped raise.