James D. Tulloch obituary: James D. Tulloch's Obituary, Denver
In Memory Of
James D. Tulloch
1937 - 2016
In Memory Of
James D. Tulloch
1937 - 2016
Dr. James D. Tulloch
Born in Brooklyn, New York on October 7, 1937, James D. Tulloch died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, on June 28, 2016 after a brief illness due to a recurrence of lymphoma. As he requested, his ashes were interred at Ft. Logan National Cemetery on July 7, 2016 so that his spirit could remain close to family and friends. He was the son of a college professor (George S. Tulloch, Sr.) and a school teacher (Dorothy). Jim spent his early years following big brother George around their neighborhood in Merrick, Long Island, New York and dreamed of becoming a veterinarian. As he grew older, his focus shifted to human medicine. He attended Mepham High School where he swam, ran track, played football, was homecoming king and class president. Jim graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He then earned his medical degree at the University of Rochester’s School of Medicine. While there he convinced Elizabeth Kuter, a research assistant at Strong Memorial Hospital to forego her own plans to attend medical school for a marriage that lasted more than 53 years.
They moved to the Denver area as newlyweds where Jim interned in pediatrics and Elizabeth worked in virus research at the University of Colorado Hospital. As he was completing his internship, he was drafted into the U.S. Army at the beginning of the Vietnam War. Daughter Deborah was born in Denver just prior to their move to Ft. Gordon, Georgia, where Jim served for two years as a general medical officer. Contributing through healing, he earned an Army commendation medal for outstanding and meritorious service. They returned to Denver with a new family member, David, and Jim resumed training in pediatrics at University Hospital. He then went on to complete training in adult psychiatry and a fellowship in child psychiatry. Their third child, Alycia, was born in Denver during this time, and with a growing family, Elizabeth put aside virus research to care for the children and contributed to the wider community through a variety of volunteer activities. Jim steadily gained experience and developed his life’s work helping families and especially children tackle the torment of mental illness. Jim’s commitment to his patients’ well-being continued to the end; he visibly relaxed and passed peacefully after hearing his long-time nurse and appointment scheduler confirm she had completed alternate arrangements for his patients.
During the course of his nearly 50-year professional career, Jim worked with children, adolescents and adults at Children’s Hospital in Denver, University Hospital, Ft. Logan Mental Health Center, the Mental Health Center at Pueblo, the Cleo Wallace Center, and until very recently at Aspen Pointe Behavioral Health in Colorado Springs. In addition, he maintained a small private practice. Over the years, he was a teacher and mentor to successive generations of psychiatry trainees and welcomed them as new colleagues. Mid-career, he modified his own work schedule to encourage and support Elizabeth’s desire to study law. In their many years together, they found each other to be steady sounding boards when either of them faced challenges in their respective careers.
Jim loved sports both as a participant and fan. Late in life, he told us his secret career dream was to become a sports broadcaster. He took up tennis in his mid-thirties, became an avid player and eventually became state-ranked in his age group. He thought of tennis as a sport for a lifetime and often used examples from playing tennis as metaphors for life. He spent many hours with his children on tennis courts encouraging them to develop the skills needed to improve as people and players. A reluctant global traveler, he made exceptions to travel with Elizabeth and close friends, to visit his children and grandchildren living abroad, and for pilgrimages to the hallowed tennis grounds of Wimbledon. Among his proudest achievements, he and Alycia qualified to play in a national family tournament sponsored by an insurance company which was held on the courts at the US Tennis Center in New York just before the US Open tournament. Undaunted when neuropathy during his first bout with lymphoma forced him to give up tennis, he switched instead to weekly rounds of golf with his long time tennis doubles partner.
He was a soccer referee for his children’s leagues, worked as a volunteer for many neighborhood events and activities and served on the local recreational board. Jim enjoyed music, musicals, and live theater and politics. Always optimistic, he stock-piled far more recordings of history and current events programs than he had time to view. He was an enthusiastic lifelong photographer and videographer and his children fully expected him to appear at weddings and other events donning a “helmet cam” so as not to miss recording any of the action. He loved to share jokes with family and friends, and some became so familiar he could send himself and others into gales of laughter simply by reciting the punch lines.
Most of all, Jim loved people and found it fascinating to investigate how people of all types saw the world. He maintained many life-long friendships and consistently reached out and made space for new ones. He welcomed his daughter-in-law, Claire, and her family, as well as his son-in-law, Dan, and his family into the expanding group of those he loved. He especially took an interest in the activities and thoughts of his grandchildren, Elie, Morrison and Nathaniel and took great joy in watching them as they grew and matured. He had an open, generous spirit and a ready smile which will be greatly missed by all of us.
James is survived by his Wife: Elizabeth K. Tulloch; Two Daughters, Deborah L. Tulloch, Alycia T. (Dan) Murray; Son, David B. (Claire) Tulloch; Three Grandchildren, Elie C. Tulloch, Morrison R. Tulloch, Nathaniel J. Murray; Brother, George S. (Benson) Tulloch, Jr.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of your choice. The family requests that you honor Jim's memory by enhancing the life of a child.
We invite family and friends to join us from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 23rd for a celebration of Jim’s life. Please bring and consider sharing a memory or story about Jim during this time at:
The Riverwalk Clubhouse
2171 W. Riverwalk Circle
Littleton, CO 80123
Google Maps link to the event space:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/2751+W+Riverwalk+Cir,+Littleton,+CO+80123/@39.618846,-105.0243617,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x876c802e400e5d9d:0xf22e9096deff24a2!8m2!3d39.618846!4d-105.022173
To share a memory of Jim or leave a special condolence message for his family, please click the Share Memories button above.
Born in Brooklyn, New York on October 7, 1937, James D. Tulloch died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, on June 28, 2016 after a brief illness due to a recurrence of lymphoma. As he requested, his ashes were interred at Ft. Logan National Cemetery on July 7, 2016 so that his spirit could remain close to family and friends. He was the son of a college professor (George S. Tulloch, Sr.) and a school teacher (Dorothy). Jim spent his early years following big brother George around their neighborhood in Merrick, Long Island, New York and dreamed of becoming a veterinarian. As he grew older, his focus shifted to human medicine. He attended Mepham High School where he swam, ran track, played football, was homecoming king and class president. Jim graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He then earned his medical degree at the University of Rochester’s School of Medicine. While there he convinced Elizabeth Kuter, a research assistant at Strong Memorial Hospital to forego her own plans to attend medical school for a marriage that lasted more than 53 years.
They moved to the Denver area as newlyweds where Jim interned in pediatrics and Elizabeth worked in virus research at the University of Colorado Hospital. As he was completing his internship, he was drafted into the U.S. Army at the beginning of the Vietnam War. Daughter Deborah was born in Denver just prior to their move to Ft. Gordon, Georgia, where Jim served for two years as a general medical officer. Contributing through healing, he earned an Army commendation medal for outstanding and meritorious service. They returned to Denver with a new family member, David, and Jim resumed training in pediatrics at University Hospital. He then went on to complete training in adult psychiatry and a fellowship in child psychiatry. Their third child, Alycia, was born in Denver during this time, and with a growing family, Elizabeth put aside virus research to care for the children and contributed to the wider community through a variety of volunteer activities. Jim steadily gained experience and developed his life’s work helping families and especially children tackle the torment of mental illness. Jim’s commitment to his patients’ well-being continued to the end; he visibly relaxed and passed peacefully after hearing his long-time nurse and appointment scheduler confirm she had completed alternate arrangements for his patients.
During the course of his nearly 50-year professional career, Jim worked with children, adolescents and adults at Children’s Hospital in Denver, University Hospital, Ft. Logan Mental Health Center, the Mental Health Center at Pueblo, the Cleo Wallace Center, and until very recently at Aspen Pointe Behavioral Health in Colorado Springs. In addition, he maintained a small private practice. Over the years, he was a teacher and mentor to successive generations of psychiatry trainees and welcomed them as new colleagues. Mid-career, he modified his own work schedule to encourage and support Elizabeth’s desire to study law. In their many years together, they found each other to be steady sounding boards when either of them faced challenges in their respective careers.
Jim loved sports both as a participant and fan. Late in life, he told us his secret career dream was to become a sports broadcaster. He took up tennis in his mid-thirties, became an avid player and eventually became state-ranked in his age group. He thought of tennis as a sport for a lifetime and often used examples from playing tennis as metaphors for life. He spent many hours with his children on tennis courts encouraging them to develop the skills needed to improve as people and players. A reluctant global traveler, he made exceptions to travel with Elizabeth and close friends, to visit his children and grandchildren living abroad, and for pilgrimages to the hallowed tennis grounds of Wimbledon. Among his proudest achievements, he and Alycia qualified to play in a national family tournament sponsored by an insurance company which was held on the courts at the US Tennis Center in New York just before the US Open tournament. Undaunted when neuropathy during his first bout with lymphoma forced him to give up tennis, he switched instead to weekly rounds of golf with his long time tennis doubles partner.
He was a soccer referee for his children’s leagues, worked as a volunteer for many neighborhood events and activities and served on the local recreational board. Jim enjoyed music, musicals, and live theater and politics. Always optimistic, he stock-piled far more recordings of history and current events programs than he had time to view. He was an enthusiastic lifelong photographer and videographer and his children fully expected him to appear at weddings and other events donning a “helmet cam” so as not to miss recording any of the action. He loved to share jokes with family and friends, and some became so familiar he could send himself and others into gales of laughter simply by reciting the punch lines.
Most of all, Jim loved people and found it fascinating to investigate how people of all types saw the world. He maintained many life-long friendships and consistently reached out and made space for new ones. He welcomed his daughter-in-law, Claire, and her family, as well as his son-in-law, Dan, and his family into the expanding group of those he loved. He especially took an interest in the activities and thoughts of his grandchildren, Elie, Morrison and Nathaniel and took great joy in watching them as they grew and matured. He had an open, generous spirit and a ready smile which will be greatly missed by all of us.
James is survived by his Wife: Elizabeth K. Tulloch; Two Daughters, Deborah L. Tulloch, Alycia T. (Dan) Murray; Son, David B. (Claire) Tulloch; Three Grandchildren, Elie C. Tulloch, Morrison R. Tulloch, Nathaniel J. Murray; Brother, George S. (Benson) Tulloch, Jr.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of your choice. The family requests that you honor Jim's memory by enhancing the life of a child.
We invite family and friends to join us from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 23rd for a celebration of Jim’s life. Please bring and consider sharing a memory or story about Jim during this time at:
The Riverwalk Clubhouse
2171 W. Riverwalk Circle
Littleton, CO 80123
Google Maps link to the event space:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/2751+W+Riverwalk+Cir,+Littleton,+CO+80123/@39.618846,-105.0243617,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x876c802e400e5d9d:0xf22e9096deff24a2!8m2!3d39.618846!4d-105.022173
To share a memory of Jim or leave a special condolence message for his family, please click the Share Memories button above.
Dr. James D. Tulloch
Born in Brooklyn, New York on October 7, 1937, James D. Tulloch died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, on June 28, 2016 after a brief illness due to a recurrence of lymphoma. As he requested, his ashes were interred at Ft. Logan National Cemetery on July 7, 2016 so that his spirit could remain close to family and friends. He was the son of a college professor (George S. Tulloch, Sr.) and a school teacher (Dorothy). Jim spent his early years following big brother George around their neighborhood in Merrick, Long Island, New York and dreamed of becoming a veterinarian. As he grew older, his focus shifted to human medicine. He attended Mepham High School where he swam, ran track, played football, was homecoming king and class president. Jim graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He then earned his medical degree at the University of Rochester’s School of Medicine. While there he convinced Elizabeth Kuter, a research assistant at Strong Memorial Hospital to forego her own plans to attend medical school for a marriage that lasted more than 53 years.
They moved to the Denver area as newlyweds where Jim interned in pediatrics and Elizabeth worked in virus research at the University of Colorado Hospital. As he was completing his internship, he was drafted into the U.S. Army at the beginning of the Vietnam War. Daughter Deborah was born in Denver just prior to their move to Ft. Gordon, Georgia, where Jim served for two years as a general medical officer. Contributing through healing, he earned an Army commendation medal for outstanding and meritorious service. They returned to Denver with a new family member, David, and Jim resumed training in pediatrics at University Hospital. He then went on to complete training in adult psychiatry and a fellowship in child psychiatry. Their third child, Alycia, was born in Denver during this time, and with a growing family, Elizabeth put aside virus research to care for the children and contributed to the wider community through a variety of volunteer activities. Jim steadily gained experience and developed his life’s work helping families and especially children tackle the torment of mental illness. Jim’s commitment to his patients’ well-being continued to the end; he visibly relaxed and passed peacefully after hearing his long-time nurse and appointment scheduler confirm she had completed alternate arrangements for his patients.
During the course of his nearly 50-year professional career, Jim worked with children, adolescents and adults at Children’s Hospital in Denver, University Hospital, Ft. Logan Mental Health Center, the Mental Health Center at Pueblo, the Cleo Wallace Center, and until very recently at Aspen Pointe Behavioral Health in Colorado Springs. In addition, he maintained a small private practice. Over the years, he was a teacher and mentor to successive generations of psychiatry trainees and welcomed them as new colleagues. Mid-career, he modified his own work schedule to encourage and support Elizabeth’s desire to study law. In their many years together, they found each other to be steady sounding boards when either of them faced challenges in their respective careers.
Jim loved sports both as a participant and fan. Late in life, he told us his secret career dream was to become a sports broadcaster. He took up tennis in his mid-thirties, became an avid player and eventually became state-ranked in his age group. He thought of tennis as a sport for a lifetime and often used examples from playing tennis as metaphors for life. He spent many hours with his children on tennis courts encouraging them to develop the skills needed to improve as people and players. A reluctant global traveler, he made exceptions to travel with Elizabeth and close friends, to visit his children and grandchildren living abroad, and for pilgrimages to the hallowed tennis grounds of Wimbledon. Among his proudest achievements, he and Alycia qualified to play in a national family tournament sponsored by an insurance company which was held on the courts at the US Tennis Center in New York just before the US Open tournament. Undaunted when neuropathy during his first bout with lymphoma forced him to give up tennis, he switched instead to weekly rounds of golf with his long time tennis doubles partner.
He was a soccer referee for his children’s leagues, worked as a volunteer for many neighborhood events and activities and served on the local recreational board. Jim enjoyed music, musicals, and live theater and politics. Always optimistic, he stock-piled far more recordings of history and current events programs than he had time to view. He was an enthusiastic lifelong photographer and videographer and his children fully expected him to appear at weddings and other events donning a “helmet cam” so as not to miss recording any of the action. He loved to share jokes with family and friends, and some became so familiar he could send himself and others into gales of laughter simply by reciting the punch lines.
Most of all, Jim loved people and found it fascinating to investigate how people of all types saw the world. He maintained many life-long friendships and consistently reached out and made space for new ones. He welcomed his daughter-in-law, Claire, and her family, as well as his son-in-law, Dan, and his family into the expanding group of those he loved. He especially took an interest in the activities and thoughts of his grandchildren, Elie, Morrison and Nathaniel and took great joy in watching them as they grew and matured. He had an open, generous spirit and a ready smile which will be greatly missed by all of us.
James is survived by his Wife: Elizabeth K. Tulloch; Two Daughters, Deborah L. Tulloch, Alycia T. (Dan) Murray; Son, David B. (Claire) Tulloch; Three Grandchildren, Elie C. Tulloch, Morrison R. Tulloch, Nathaniel J. Murray; Brother, George S. (Benson) Tulloch, Jr.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of your choice. The family requests that you honor Jim's memory by enhancing the life of a child.
We invite family and friends to join us from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 23rd for a celebration of Jim’s life. Please bring and consider sharing a memory or story about Jim during this time at:
The Riverwalk Clubhouse
2171 W. Riverwalk Circle
Littleton, CO 80123
Google Maps link to the event space:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/2751+W+Riverwalk+Cir,+Littleton,+CO+80123/@39.618846,-105.0243617,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x876c802e400e5d9d:0xf22e9096deff24a2!8m2!3d39.618846!4d-105.022173
To share a memory of Jim or leave a special condolence message for his family, please click the Share Memories button above.
Born in Brooklyn, New York on October 7, 1937, James D. Tulloch died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, on June 28, 2016 after a brief illness due to a recurrence of lymphoma. As he requested, his ashes were interred at Ft. Logan National Cemetery on July 7, 2016 so that his spirit could remain close to family and friends. He was the son of a college professor (George S. Tulloch, Sr.) and a school teacher (Dorothy). Jim spent his early years following big brother George around their neighborhood in Merrick, Long Island, New York and dreamed of becoming a veterinarian. As he grew older, his focus shifted to human medicine. He attended Mepham High School where he swam, ran track, played football, was homecoming king and class president. Jim graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He then earned his medical degree at the University of Rochester’s School of Medicine. While there he convinced Elizabeth Kuter, a research assistant at Strong Memorial Hospital to forego her own plans to attend medical school for a marriage that lasted more than 53 years.
They moved to the Denver area as newlyweds where Jim interned in pediatrics and Elizabeth worked in virus research at the University of Colorado Hospital. As he was completing his internship, he was drafted into the U.S. Army at the beginning of the Vietnam War. Daughter Deborah was born in Denver just prior to their move to Ft. Gordon, Georgia, where Jim served for two years as a general medical officer. Contributing through healing, he earned an Army commendation medal for outstanding and meritorious service. They returned to Denver with a new family member, David, and Jim resumed training in pediatrics at University Hospital. He then went on to complete training in adult psychiatry and a fellowship in child psychiatry. Their third child, Alycia, was born in Denver during this time, and with a growing family, Elizabeth put aside virus research to care for the children and contributed to the wider community through a variety of volunteer activities. Jim steadily gained experience and developed his life’s work helping families and especially children tackle the torment of mental illness. Jim’s commitment to his patients’ well-being continued to the end; he visibly relaxed and passed peacefully after hearing his long-time nurse and appointment scheduler confirm she had completed alternate arrangements for his patients.
During the course of his nearly 50-year professional career, Jim worked with children, adolescents and adults at Children’s Hospital in Denver, University Hospital, Ft. Logan Mental Health Center, the Mental Health Center at Pueblo, the Cleo Wallace Center, and until very recently at Aspen Pointe Behavioral Health in Colorado Springs. In addition, he maintained a small private practice. Over the years, he was a teacher and mentor to successive generations of psychiatry trainees and welcomed them as new colleagues. Mid-career, he modified his own work schedule to encourage and support Elizabeth’s desire to study law. In their many years together, they found each other to be steady sounding boards when either of them faced challenges in their respective careers.
Jim loved sports both as a participant and fan. Late in life, he told us his secret career dream was to become a sports broadcaster. He took up tennis in his mid-thirties, became an avid player and eventually became state-ranked in his age group. He thought of tennis as a sport for a lifetime and often used examples from playing tennis as metaphors for life. He spent many hours with his children on tennis courts encouraging them to develop the skills needed to improve as people and players. A reluctant global traveler, he made exceptions to travel with Elizabeth and close friends, to visit his children and grandchildren living abroad, and for pilgrimages to the hallowed tennis grounds of Wimbledon. Among his proudest achievements, he and Alycia qualified to play in a national family tournament sponsored by an insurance company which was held on the courts at the US Tennis Center in New York just before the US Open tournament. Undaunted when neuropathy during his first bout with lymphoma forced him to give up tennis, he switched instead to weekly rounds of golf with his long time tennis doubles partner.
He was a soccer referee for his children’s leagues, worked as a volunteer for many neighborhood events and activities and served on the local recreational board. Jim enjoyed music, musicals, and live theater and politics. Always optimistic, he stock-piled far more recordings of history and current events programs than he had time to view. He was an enthusiastic lifelong photographer and videographer and his children fully expected him to appear at weddings and other events donning a “helmet cam” so as not to miss recording any of the action. He loved to share jokes with family and friends, and some became so familiar he could send himself and others into gales of laughter simply by reciting the punch lines.
Most of all, Jim loved people and found it fascinating to investigate how people of all types saw the world. He maintained many life-long friendships and consistently reached out and made space for new ones. He welcomed his daughter-in-law, Claire, and her family, as well as his son-in-law, Dan, and his family into the expanding group of those he loved. He especially took an interest in the activities and thoughts of his grandchildren, Elie, Morrison and Nathaniel and took great joy in watching them as they grew and matured. He had an open, generous spirit and a ready smile which will be greatly missed by all of us.
James is survived by his Wife: Elizabeth K. Tulloch; Two Daughters, Deborah L. Tulloch, Alycia T. (Dan) Murray; Son, David B. (Claire) Tulloch; Three Grandchildren, Elie C. Tulloch, Morrison R. Tulloch, Nathaniel J. Murray; Brother, George S. (Benson) Tulloch, Jr.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of your choice. The family requests that you honor Jim's memory by enhancing the life of a child.
We invite family and friends to join us from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 23rd for a celebration of Jim’s life. Please bring and consider sharing a memory or story about Jim during this time at:
The Riverwalk Clubhouse
2171 W. Riverwalk Circle
Littleton, CO 80123
Google Maps link to the event space:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/2751+W+Riverwalk+Cir,+Littleton,+CO+80123/@39.618846,-105.0243617,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x876c802e400e5d9d:0xf22e9096deff24a2!8m2!3d39.618846!4d-105.022173
To share a memory of Jim or leave a special condolence message for his family, please click the Share Memories button above.
Services & Gatherings
Celebration of Life
Saturday, July 23, 2016 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
The Riverwalk Clubhouse, 2171 W. Riverwalk Circle, Littleton, CO 80123
Interment
Fort Logan National Cemetery - Private Family Interment
Denver, Colorado
West Metro Chapel (303-274-6065) is assisting the family
West Metro Chapel (303-274-6065) is assisting the family