LEONARD GREGORY PARSONS, B.S., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S., an honorary member of the American Pediatric Society elected in 1935 and honorary fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics since 1940, died suddenly at his home in Four Oaks, England, on December 17, 1950. He was 71 years of age. At the time of his death he was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics in the University of Birmingham, Consulting Physician to the United Birmingham Hospitals, and a member of the General Medical Council of Great Britain.