RANKOW-Robin M. On September 22, 2000. Professor Emeritus and Attending
Surgeon, Head and Neck Surgery, Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. Attending Surgeon, Yale University, New Haven Medical Center, 1979-1985. Authored surgical atlas, medical texts, numerous articles. Past President, American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons; New York Chapter, Association of Military Surgeons.

Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve, served in World War II with military commendations.

Predeceased by his first wife, Elaine. Survived by his daughter, Leslie, of New York and by Jane Whitman, of Tuscon, Arizona. 

Private interment at Arlington National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in his name may be made to Columbia University, C/O The Association of Alumni.