A life devoted to being a healer
SPRING HILL — By the time Dr. C.J. "Dan" McGrew retired for the second time, he'd already spent two decades in Hernando County upholding his philosophy of life.
"Wherever I am, leave it a little better than I found it," is how he described that philosophy to a St. Petersburg Times reporter shortly before leaving the family practice he founded in 1973.
As a member of a group called the Committee of 100, the retired U.S. Navy captain's lobbying efforts had already helped persuade HCA executives to build Oak Hill Hospital, where he would serve as the first chief of staff. He'd helped start the Hernando Community Blood Bank (now called LifeSouth) and served as president of the Hernando County Health Planning Council and the Hernando County Heart Association.
Fiercely loyal to Hernando County, Dr. McGrew stayed in Hernando until his death Tuesday evening at his Spring Hill home. He'd just suffered a seizure; his wife, Freda, and son Dr. David McGrew were by his side.
Even as he prepared to leave the family practice, Dr. McGrew was ramping up an endeavor with the Hernando Medical Society to open a free clinic for the county's indigent residents. He would spend about nine years directing the Hernando Doctors Clinic, working with other volunteering physicians to provide medical care to countless needy patients.
"There was no such thing as someone being turned away because he couldn't help them," said Walter Dry, who worked as a consultant on the clinic effort and became a close friend. "He either did the work himself or he referred them to someone who could help them."
The Maryland native's lifetime of service is rooted in a decision at the age of 12 to become a Christian. He would tell family members later that, even at that age, he felt called to one day serve God as a medical missionary.
Raised in Arlington, Va., the son of a mechanical engineer and a teacher, Dr. McGrew earned his medical degree from George Washington University and a degree in nuclear medicine from the University of Rochester.
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Even as he prepared to leave the family practice, Dr. McGrew was ramping up an endeavor with the Hernando Medical Society to open a free clinic for the county's indigent residents. He would spend about nine years directing the Hernando Doctors Clinic,
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