Floyd B. Galler, Potomac Boat Club, Passes Away While Snorkling

Sounds like Floyd lived life to the fullest all the way to the end.

Bill Lanouette wrote that Floyd Galler was a stalwart of their Sunday morning rowing group for more than two decades.  They sure seemed sad to hear of his passing.

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In the meantime the following was released in the Washington Post.  Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to Dr. Galler’s family.

Floyd B. Galler, Psychiatrist

Floyd B. Galler, 76, a psychiatrist who had a private practice in Washington since 1968, died June 18, 2010, while snorkeling on vacation in Cancún, Mexico. The cause of death has not been determined.

Since the late 1970s, Dr. Galler had been a forensic psychiatrist for the D.C. courts, specializing in family court matters. He also was a consultant to the State Department in the 1960s, and to St. Elizabeths Hospital in the 1970s.

Floyd Bruce Galler, a native of Chicago, received a bachelor’s degree in 1955, and a medical degree in 1959, both from Harvard University. He moved to Washington in 1966, and spent two years as a commander in the U.S. Public Heath Service, in which he was head of child psychiatry at St. Elizabeths Hospital.

From 1986 to 1994, Dr. Galler was a psychiatric consultant for the Sleep Disorders Center at Georgetown University. Since 1968, he had held teaching positions at Georgetown and Catholic University, among other places.

He was a lifetime fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. His memberships included the Cosmos Club and the Potomac Boat Club. He was a Chevy Chase resident.

Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Nancy Stowe Galler of Chevy Chase; three children, Eric S. Galler of Silver Spring, Heather G. Brandes of New York City and Rebecca M. Galler of Burlingame, Calif.; and five grandchildren.

– Lauren Wiseman, The Washington Post, Post Mortem