From The Mayor: Dr. George Unis to be Grand Marshal of the 103rd Memorial Day Parade
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By Mary Marvin, Mayor of Bronxville
May 21, 2025: On behalf of the Village Board of Trustees, I am honored to announce Dr. George Unis as Grand Marshal of our 103rd Memorial Day parade.
Dr. George Unis. Photo by N. Bower
A proud army veteran and a Village resident of 50 years, we could not have made a finer choice. It is humbling to be able to honor George’s service to country and community.
A proud Brooklyn native, Dr. Unis is a graduate of New York University and the New Jersey College of Medicine. He completed an orthopedic surgery residency at St. Luke’s Hospital.
Most importantly on a weekend dedicated to our fallen veterans, George served our country on active duty as a Major in the Army Medical Corps. At Walson Army Hospital, Fort Dix, New Jersey, he provided care to military personnel, many of whom were air evacuated from Vietnam with serious injuries. Dr. Unis has firsthand knowledge and memories of what the casualties of war look like. I know he cared for many soldiers that we honor in memory this weekend.
Upon discharge from the military, George joined the orthopedic attending staff of St. Luke’s Hospital, retiring as the Chairman of the Department of Orthopedics. He has had academic appointments at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. For many years, he maintained an office in Bronxville and was on the orthopedic staff of Lawrence Hospital, now our own New York Presbyterian. George served as team physician for the Columbia University Department of Athletics. One of his greatest joys was being team physician for the Manhattan College Department of Athletics for 38 years resulting in lifelong friendships he holds dear.
On the community front, George was a member of the Advisory Board of the Eastchester Volunteer Ambulance Corps and a member of the Non-Partisan Committee for the election of school board members ultimately serving as committee chair.
George and his wife Judy rented their first house from a former Grand Marshal of our Memorial Day Parade and well-known Villager Art Miller and thus their Bronxville story began. They moved to their current home on Edgewood Lane in 1978.
In one of those wonderful life coincidences, Dr. Unis’ first date with Judy was at a friend’s house party at 7 Summit Avenue so he was destined not only to marry Judy but live in Bronxville. His partner in marriage for 58 years, Judy had a 37-year career in the Education Department at the Bronx Zoo putting her Masters Degree in Environmental Science to use in service of New York’s children.
George and Judy‘s three sons graduated from the Bronxville School, one following in his father’s footsteps as an orthopedic surgeon, another in private equity and the third the newly appointed President and CEO of J. McLaughlin. Two sons live in Brooklyn with so many of our children, but his son Craig came back to Bronxville and has two youngsters in the Bronxville School. Namesake George and Mary carry on the proud Unis tradition.
George is also a longtime member of the venerable bridge group endearingly called “The Geezers”, who not only play bridge but also seem to solve world problems at the same time.
When asked why he remains a Village resident and has stayed in his home on Edgewood Lane for 30 + years after being a school family, his answer was immediate and said with great joy, “Because this is the most phenomenal community on the whole earth.”
