Walter and Anne Gamble died in two months apart 6 months from their 70th wedding anniversary. They were inseparable in life and passing. This site honors both of them and their long life together. We will hold a joint memorial service for them.  They are  survived by two sons, Robbie and Jamie; their spouses and ex-spouses: Anna, Martha, Christine, and Sarah; and eight grandchildren: Joseph, Seth, Paul, Brielle, Rita, Shelby, Alex, and Chloe. 

WALTER GAMBLE

Walter J. Gamble, M.D. Passed away peacefully, at home in Lexington, MA, on November 9, 2025. Physician, researcher, mentor, and philanthropist, he was a pediatric cardiologist at Boston Children's Hospital for over thirty years. At home, he was a devoted and fun-loving husband, father, uncle and friend to all who passed through his doors. He was born in Philadelphia in 1930, the middle son of Sarah Bradley and Clarence Gamble, third of five red-headed siblings. The family moved to Milton, Massachusetts when he was in grade school, and he graduated from Milton Academy before earning a BA in Biology at Princeton, and an MD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1957. Returning to Boston to raise his own brood of three red-headed boys, Robbie, Bradley, and Jamie, he took up residency at Children's Hospital, where he became that rare combination of compassionate clinician and brilliant scientist, managing the implantation and maintenance of pacemakers in children with complicated heart conditions, while managing a research lab and pioneering the development of fiberoptic devices for intracardiac imaging, among other medical advances. Over the course of his career, Walter became concerned as he observed the increasing educational debt medical students were facing, Walter understood that students might compromise their primary choice of career for more lucrative specialties in order to manage their debts. In partnership with his beloved wife Anne, in 1992, he purposed a family trust to establish the Twenty-First Century Endowed Scholars Fund at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The goal of the fund is to eliminate the burden of educational debt for Penn medical students, empowering them to choose from a full range of careers in areas such as primary care, research, and medical education. To date, the fund has sustained 399 graduates, known as Gamble Scholars. The influence of their gift to medical education has touched thousands of lives. Walter is remembered by family, friends, and colleagues as an avid tinkerer, a talented photographer, a pioneer bike commuter, a dramatic reader of children's stories, a daredevil small-boat operator, and a solid, gentle presence at family gatherings and on the hospital floor. 

ANNE GAMBLE

Anne C. Gamble passed away peacefully, at home in Lexington, MA, on January 17, 2026, leaving a long and gracious legacy as a mother, grandmother, scientific researcher, community organizer, and philanthropist. She was born in Boston, in 1932, the eldest daughter of Leonida Hennick and Loring Conant. The family lived in Dedham, MA, and she attended Milton Academy, where she excelled in Biology. In 1950, her senior high school biology project, exploring the efficacy of human pregnancy hormones, took first prize in the Massachusetts State Science Fair. She traveled to Philadelphia for the National High School Science Fair competition, and her project placed third in the nation. She attended Radcliffe College, where she earned a BA in Biology in 1954, moving to Philadelphia after graduation to work as a research assistant at the pulmonary function laboratory at University Hospital. There, she met Walter Gamble, a medical student at U Penn, and the couple married in June of 1956. On completion of Walter's medical studies, they moved to Brookline, Massachusetts, where Walter took up a residency in pediatric cardiology at Boston Children's Hospital, and Anne managed a growing household with three energetic red-headed boys, Robbie, Bradley, and Jamie, who she taught to bake bread and sing madrigals. She volunteered for her church and elementary school PTO and later worked as a liaison for the Patient Relations Office at Children's Hospital. She spearheaded a campaign attempting to preserve the Prouty Garden, a beloved green space on the Children's Hospital. In 1992, Anne partnered with Walter in establishing the Twenty-First Century Endowed Scholars Fund at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The goal of the fund is to eliminate the burden of educational debt for Penn medical students, empowering them to choose from a full range of careers in areas such as primary care, research, and medical education. To date, the fund has sustained 399 graduates, known as Gamble Scholars. The influence of their gift to medical education has touched thousands of lives. Anne is remembered by family and friends as a wise and gentle listening ear, a lover of golden retrievers, a choral music aficionado, a theatrical ham, an enthusiastic cello student, and a keen observer of bird behavior. 

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