On January 27, 1992, Dr. Ernest Ludlow Wilkinson passed away in Palm Springs, Calif. from complications of heart disease.
Dr. Wilkinson was a prominent Utah internist, cardiologist. He practiced with the Salt Lake Clinic for 33 years where he served as its president for four years, and on its Board of Directors for 15 years. He later became its medical director until his retirement.In 1985, Dr. Wilkinson was presented the Clinic's Award for Meritorious Service.
He was born December 27, 1924 in Washington D.C. to former Brigham Young University president Ernest Leroy Wilkinson and Alice
Ludlow Wilkinson. He was the eldest of five children. He attended public schools in Washington, D.C., and the Loomis School in Windsor, Conn. He attended BYU from 1942 to 1944, joined the US Navy, and was awarded a premedical bachelors degree from BYU. He received an MD degree from Johns Hopkins
Medical School.
He is a past president of the Utah Society of Internal Medicine and the Utah Heart Association. He was a founding director of the American Society of Internal Medicine and a director of the American Heart Association. He was also a member of the Admissions Committee of the U of U School of Medicine.
An avid athletic booster, he was a co-founder and past president of the National Cougar Club. He co-chaired fund drives for the BYU Marriott Center and the BYU football stadium. He also served as president and board member of the BYU Alumni Association. In 1986, he received the BYU Distinguished Service Award.
He was an active member of the LDS Church. He was also a personal physician to President Spencer W. Kimball for 15 years, and accompanied him on many of President Kimball's visit to church members abroad.
He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Marjorie Nielsen, five sons and their families, George
Ernest Wilkinson (Wendy), Dr. Ernest Leigh
Wilkinson (Nancy), Robert Neil Wilkinson (Wendi), all of Salt Lake City; Stephen Lynn
Wilkinson (Maureen), Rancho Bernardo, Calif.; and David Michael Wilkinson (Annie), Dallas, Texas; 13 grandchildren also survive him as do four siblings, David Lawrence Wilkinson, McLean, Virginia; Marian W. Jensen, Alice W.
Anderson, and Douglas Dwight Wilkinson, all of Salt Lake City.
A viewing will be held Thursday, January 30, from 6-8 p.m. at the Sunset Lawn Mortuary, 2350 East 1300 So., Salt Lake City. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, January 31, at the Monument Park 17th Ward, 2795 Crestview Dr., Salt Lake City, at 12 noon with a viewing at 10:45-11:45 a.m. Burial, Sunset Lawn Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, the family requestes that donations be considered to the Brigham Young University General Scholarship Fund or the University of Utah School of Medicine.
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