DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
ECU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 27834

Department of Medicine

Office of the President
The Rockefeller Institute
York Avenue

New York, New York 10021

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August 28, 1979

      
   
   

 
  
   

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Tel. (919) 757-4633

I wish to advise you of the death of my father, Dr. Jacob Furth. Dr. Jacob
Furth died in his sleep on July 22, 1979, at the age of 83, of a myocardial

infarction in Surry, Maine.

As you know, he was a nationally and internation-

ally recognized scientist who mde many scientific contributions in the areas of

cancer research, experimental pathology, and endocrinology. His national and
international awards are too numerous to mention at this time.

If you desire any further informtion please contact m.
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Eugene D. Furth, M.D.
Professor & Chairmn
Department of Medicine

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FURTH, JACOB, b Miskolcz. Hungary. 96: nat US. CANCER. EXPERIMENTAL
PATHOLOGY. Educ: Ger Univ. Prague. MD. 21. Am Bd Path. dipl. Hon Degrees:
DSc. Univ Pa, 68. Prof Exp: Asst hyg inst. Ger Univ, 21-22; fel Henry Phipps Inst.
Pa, 24-25. from asst to assoc, 25-32: pathologist med col. Cornell Univ. 32-33, from
asst prof to assoc prof. 33-45. prof. 45-49; chief tab. Br 10. US Vet Admin, 47-49,
chief path & physiol sect. Biol Div. AEC. Oak Ridge Nat Lab. 49-53; assoc dir res.
Children’s Cancer Res Found. Harvard Med Sch. 54-59; dir exp path. Roswell Park
Mem Inst, Buffalo. $9-61: prof. 61-67, EMER PROF PATH & SPEC LECTR.
COLUMBIA UNIV, 67- Concurrent Pos: Clin prof, Harvard Med Sch, 58-59: dir path
lab. Francis Delafield Hosp. 61-68. actg dir inst cancer res. Columbia Univ, 68-69.
Honors & Awards: AMA Gold Medal. 31. Bertner Award. MD. Anderson Hosp &
Tumor Inst. 58: Robert Roessler de Villiers Award. 59: Semmelweis Medal. 62:
Clowes Medal. Am Asn Cancer Res. 62: Rosenthal Award. AAAS. 67: Alessandro
Pascoli Prize, Perugia Int Cancer Conf. 73: Rovs-Whipple Award. Am Ash
Pathologists & Bacteriologisis. 74. “lem: AAAS: Am Asn Cancer Res (pres, 57-58):
Am Soc Exp Path (pres. 59-60): Nat Acad Sci. Res: Typhoid: tuberculosis: antigens:
leukemia: blood: tumors: general pathology: radiation biology: endocrine neoplasia.
Mailing Add: Inst of Cancer Res Columbia Univ 99 Ft Washington Ave New York
NY 10032

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