John Antony “Tony” Swartz-Lloyd, 79, of Boston died Aug. 13 after having Parkinson’s disease for 17 years.

He spent his early professional life as a journalist at The Hartford (Conn.) Courant, and then was employed in communications at Itek Corporation. He eventually became senior vice president of corporate communications at Beth Israel Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, a job he held for 21 years.

Swartz-Lloyd leaves his wife, Marilyn; a son, Sean; a daughter, Jennie; five grandchildren; a great-grandchild; a brother.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Elizabeth Allen, Nimra Aziz, Alexander Frandsen, Nico Hall and Georgeanne Oliver, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.