Charles G. Hertz, 74, pediatrician, musician

Charles G. Hertz, 74, a former Philadelphia pediatrician, died of metastatic melanoma on Nov. 7 at Richard Rosenthal Hospice in Stamford, Conn. He lived in Stamford.

A 1951 graduate of Bernards High School in Bernardsville, N.J., he earned his bachelor's degree at Bucknell University in 1955 and graduated from the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania in 1959.

Dr. Hertz was an Army officer from 1960 to 1962.

In the early 1960s, his daughter Sara Hertz said, he set up a pediatric practice on South 47th Street between Spruce and Pine Streets in West Philadelphia.

In 1972, he joined Wyeth pharmaceuticals in Radnor, she said, to help develop tests to measure the efficiency of antibiotics for such childhood complaints as inner-ear infections.

And in 1973, she said, he founded Penn Urban Health, a health-maintenance organization.

In 1986, Dr. Hertz moved to Chicago to work for a health-maintenance organization associated with the Rush University Medical Center there.

From 1993 to 1999, his daughter said, he was chief medical officer for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. in New York City.

Dr. Hertz then began traveling to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Romania as a consultant for Medicover, which describes itself as an international health-care service company.

Dr. Hertz had been an amateur musician from his grammar school days, his daughter said. And so, after leading marching bands in high school and college, for the last six years Dr. Hertz was president of the Westport (Conn.) Community Band.

He and the Norwegian composer Jens Wendelboe wrote Fanfare and Anthem for the Westport band. In the late 1960s, Dr. Hertz produced Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde at St. Mary's Church on the Penn campus.

In addition to his daughter, Dr. Hertz is survived by his wife of 33 years, Lee Combrinck-Graham; sons Adam, Mark and Theodore; brother Robert; sister Lois Adler; and seven grandchildren. He is also survived by his former wife, Adele Hertz Gray.

A memorial is planned for 2 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Ethical Society of Philadelphia, 1906 S. Rittenhouse Square.