IN REMEMBRANCE
ROGER DUNCAN SALOT, MD
October 16, 1930 - September 5, 2019
R
oger Duncan Salot, MD, was born October 16, 1930, and
died September 5, 2019. He had an undiagnosed hemato-
logic problem for over a year, necessitating multiple blood
and platelet transfusions. He developed a dissecting aortic
aneurysm and died shortly thereafter.
He attended grade school in Lebanon, Ky., the Ken-
tucky Military Institute, and after two years at the Uni-
versity of Kentucky (UK) majoring in agriculture, he volunteered
for active duty with the US Army. He went to jump school and was
shipped to Korea with the 2nd Infantry Division where he earned
the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. He returned to UK in 1956
enrolled in the University of Louisville (UofL) School of Medicine
where he graduated in 1960. After an internship at Saint Joseph
Infirmary and residency in ophthalmology at UofL, he went into
practice with Dr. Jack Hafner, and later with his son-in-law, Dr. Joe
Brightwell, at the Medical Arts Building, before retiring in 2004.
and beer bottles which he distributed widely to friends and strangers;
fishing at Belize, the Kentucky River and Teton Valley Lodge; shell
collecting from the Gulf of Mexico at Boca Grande, Fla.; “relocating
squirrels” from his backyard to a better locale; and peanut butter.
His beloved wife of 34 years, Joan Salot, died seven years ago.
He adored and supported his biological family of two sons and four
daughters, as well as his “adoptive family” of Joan’s five daughters,
19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Roger had a great personality. He never met a stranger. When
he was born, the mold was broken. Roger Salot was an asset to our
community. He will be sorely missed.
-Kenneth Jaegers, MD
He was a member of several organizations including the KMA,
GLMS, the Louisville Ophthalmology Society, Disabled American
Veterans, and the retired doctors’ Monday morning breakfast club.
Roger loved life and had many loves: people; his practice; wine
cork collecting, which resulted in cork boards and cork trivets in
homes around the country; making vases and glasses out of wine
Dr. Salot was a GLMS member for 55 years.
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