Obituaries

Dr. Steerman served as director of pediatrics at Prince George's Hospital Center in Cheverly from 1972 to 1989 and as assistant medical director at the Hospital for Sick Children in Washington in 1996 and 1997.

She was an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at George Washington University from 1999 to 2008.

Dr. Steerman was born in Harrisburg, Pa., and attended Pennsylvania State University before receiving a medical degree from GWU in 1967.

She completed a pediatric residency at Children's National Medical Center in Washington from 1967 to 1969 and then did a fellowship in pediatric hematology there. She had a research fellowship at Harvard Medical School in Boston from 1971 to 1972.

She was a Washington area resident for 45 years and lived in University Park before moving in 1998 to the Ashburn area.

She was a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and served on the board of directors of the George Washington Alumni Association.

Survivors, in addition to her daughter, include her husband of 45 years, Charles E. Steerman of Ashburn; another daughter, Catherine R. Grady of Cumming, Ga.; a brother, Allen E. Lebo of Sterling; and two grandchildren.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

Henry Irving Scott Jr.CIA Personnel Officer

Henry Irving Scott Jr., 87, a former personnel officer with the CIA who also owned electronics and office supply businesses, died May 1 at the Washington Home hospice in the District of complications from a stroke. He lived in the Wicomico Shores community in St. Mary's County.

Mr. Scott was born in Washington and was a graduate of Wilson High School and the University of Maryland. He served as a pilot of troop planes in the Army Air Forces during World War II. He later served in the Air Force Reserve.