A MASTER
Surgeon & Physician
When you go into the operating room, examine the patient and have a game plan. But you’d better also have game plan A, B, C, and D, and you should be able to do all of them. —ALAN S. CRANDALL, MD, IN TH E OPHTHALMOLO GIST Crandall grew up in Salt Lake City in a family dedicated to community service. As the son of one of Utah’s first ophthalmologists, he recalled accompanying his father to the original St. Mark’s Hospital, where some of his father’s patients paid him on the barter system. “It wasn’t unusual to receive a chicken instead of cash,” Crandall said. “My father’s philosophy was that he would treat
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everybody the same way. As far as I could tell, he had no prejudice against anything other than stark stupidity. He was true to his word—he worked hard and loved what he did.” Crandall attended Salt Lake’s Judge Memorial High School, where he became a football hero despite his relatively small stature. He was also an expert skier and
