Most people who knew Dr. Goldthorpe on the Coastside knew him as “The Doctor” or “Dr. G”. He practiced medicine here for 38 years.
Dr. Goldthorpe was born March 5, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1951. He received his medical degree from the University of Virginia in 1955. From 1956-1961 Dr. Goldthorpe was in the U.S. Navy and stationed on Midway Island as a flight surgeon for two years.
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In 1968 Dr. Goldthorpe felt there was a need for a hospital on the Coastside, since the closest hospital was 30 minutes away. At the time the state of California would only allow an acute hospital in areas with populations of 50,000 or more. However, he could build and open an extended care facility.
He built the hospital presently known as Seton Annex Hospital in Moss Beach in 1971. It became an acute hospital in 1974. The hospital had ICU, surgery and 24-hour emergency units with 12 acute beds.
Dr. Goldthorpe and his wife also built a child care center to provide child care for their employees and the community. The Sea Urchin Child Care Center was opened 1969-1981.
Other accomplishments:
• Board member of the Cabrillo Unified School District for six years and president of that board for one year.
• In 1991 Dr. Goldthorpe received a Certificate of Recognition from the State of California Senate in honor of twenty years of outstanding contributions to the quality of life in Half Moon Bay as founder and director of the Moss Beach Hospital, currently Seton Coastside Hospital.
• He was one of the visionaries in uniting the Coastside Chamber of Commerce.
• He was one of the founding members of the Half Moon Bay Rotary Club and served as one of the first presidents.
• Medical Director of the Chemical Dependency Unit for Women at Seton Annex Hospital for four years.
Instead of flowers, please send any thoughtful gifts to Tahoe Forest Hospice Services. They were indispensable and kind to my father and the family.
In memory and celebration of Dr. George Weimer Goldthorpe, his wife Cecelia Goldthorpe and family invite those people with fond memories of the Doctor to a celebration of his life before, during and after his 38 years as a family physician on the Coastside on, Nov. 15, 1-4 p.m. at Cameron’s Restaurant, 1410 South Cabrillo Hwy., Half Moon Bay, 530-414-4862.
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