Dr. Gregory Martin Straw

   Cause of his death was cardiac arrest.

  General Notes:

bro Kenneth's wedding announcement

News Journal | Mansfield, Ohio | Thursday, December 14, 1967
Gregory Straw age 17 receives a gold trophy for winning the District
10 "Voice of Democracy" Contest..a Shelby High School Senior and s/o Dr and Mrs Norman Straw [photo]

News Journal | Mansfield, Ohio | Sunday, July 16, 1972
Two Enter Medicine
Two Shelby Senior High School graduates have completed the first leg on their way to medical school and entered Ohio State University at Columbus earlier this month. They are James Purdy. son of Mr. and Mrs. John Purdy of 41 North Gamble St., and Gregory Straw, son of Dr. and Mrs.Norman Straw of 24 High School Ave. Both young men were graduated from Shelby Senior High School with the Class of 1968. Purdy was graduated last month with a bachelor of science degree with honors in biology. Straw graduated cum laude from Miami University, also in June. He received a bachelor of arts degree in zoology

CHAPEL HILL -- Dr. Gregory M. Straw: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC) - May 26, 1999
Deceased Name: CHAPEL HILL -- Dr. Gregory M. Straw
CHAPEL HILL -- Dr. Gregory M. Straw, 49, died unexpectedly Monday, May 24, at his home in Chapel Hill, NC, of cardiac arrest. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth (Lumadue) Straw and their children Annalise (22) and Nathan (18), of Chapel Hill; his mother Elvanor and brother Kenneth, both of Shelby, OH; his sisters, Dr. Christine Straw of Milwaukee, WI., and Dr. Lorraine Straw of Grand Rapids, MI.; and many in-laws, cousins, and other relatives. His father, Dr. Norman Straw of Shelby, OH, preceded him in death by 2 months.
Dr. Greg Straw was a graduate of Purdue University and The Ohio State University College of Medicine. His medical and psychiatric residencies were completed through Wayne State University in Detroit where he began his practice in child psychiatry. He accepted a fellowship in research with the National Institute of Mental Health in Washington, DC for 4 years before joining the faculty at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1989.
A dedicated psychiatrist and avid researcher, Dr. Straw pursued professional interests including chronobiology and neurochemistry. In recent years he presented his research to professional conferences in Germany, Japan, and throughout the United States. He was known in the Research Triangle as a wonderful caregiver and talented psychoneurobiologist with an exceptional ability to diagnose and treat difficult psychiatric problems. He was very interested and involved in collaborative community care for undeserved populations, especially children and adolescents. In addition to his practices throughout North Carolina, Dr. Straw shared his affection and his professional services with the students and faculty at Wellspring Institute of Leadership in Virginia, where the students will be planting a tree in his memory.
Dr. Straw was intensely devoted to his family. He and Elizabeth shared a love of music and the arts, as well as a passion for learning, all of which they passed on to their children. He loved sculpting and traveling, and was an accomplished pianist and guitarist. He will be deeply mourned by his family, friends, and the communities he served.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Walkers Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be made to a scholarship being created in Dr. Straw's name at the Wellspring Institute of Leadership, 4131 Birch Elmo Road, South Boston, VA 24592.

Gregory married Elizabeth Ann Lumadue, daughter of Rev. James Lionel Lumadue and Sallie Louise Jones. (Elizabeth Ann Lumadue was born on 5 Jan 1951 in Ohio, died on 7 Feb 2013 and was buried in Shelby-Oakland Cemetery Shelby, Richland County, Ohio, USA .)