Gregory Call

1948 ~ 2017
Gregory Kent Call passed away peacefully at Promise Hospital on the afternoon of Saturday, June 24th, at the age of 68. He was surrounded by family.

Greg was born in Key West, Florida on July 11th 1948 to Dee and Helen Call, while Dee was stationed at the US Naval Base.

Greg loved to travel and did so a great deal, though he spent the majority of his life in Salt Lake City. Greg was a lover of nature, and of the outdoors. He enjoyed camping, swimming, golfing, skiing, biking, and fly fishing. In his younger years he was a competitive swimmer and an Eagle Scout. Greg was an avid reader his entire life, covering many subjects and interests, such as history, the natural world, and Native American culture.

Greg attended Ensign Elementary, Bryant Junior High, and East High in Salt Lake City, graduating in 1966. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Utah in 1970. Greg then attended medical school at Temple University, graduating in 1974. He went on to study psychology & pathology, including residencies in pathology at New York University, Bellevue Hospital and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center from 19756-76. From 1978-79 he worked in the Public Health Service at the Crow Agency, Montana, then worked as a general practitioner in Salmon, Idaho for 3 years, 1979-81. Greg shifted his focus to neurology with a residency at the University of Utah from 1981-84, followed by a fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston from 1985-86 to study stroke. He returned to Salt Lake and worked as a neurologist at the University of Utah from 1986 to 2000. Greg loved teaching and taught residents at the University of Utah during his years there. For 14 years Greg worked in private practice and at Intermountain Health Care until he retired in 2014. He continued to work as a consultant at LDS and Promise Hospitals until just before his passing.
Greg was married to Linda Budd for 21 years, from 1976 to 1997.

Greg is preceded in death by his father Dee Williams Call, and brother Scott Jones Call. Greg is survived by his son, Bridger (Elisha) Call; daughter, Marquet Call, and his 3 grandchildren Sebastian, Cro, and Della; mother, Helen Call; sisters, Karen (Karl) Haglund, Susan (Doug) Stevens, Kimberly (John) Reale, and Barbara Jo (Fred) Barth.

Generous and caring, humorous and perceptive, Greg was loved by all who knew him and will be deeply missed but fondly remembered.

A memorial service will be held Sunday, July 2nd at The Utah Museum of Natural History beginning at 6:00 pm. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Nature Conservancy, one of Greg's many charities.