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Robert L. Lesser, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2008;126(3):442.

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When Winston Churchill was once asked to say something nice about a colleague, he replied that he was a modest man with a lot to be modest about. Rufus Howard, MD, was a modest man, but he had nothing to be modest about. He grew up in his birthplace of Knoxville, Tennessee, and in Portsmouth, Virginia, before attending college at William and Mary and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Winner of spelling bees as a child, he first got a PhD in physical chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology before deciding to go to medical school.

Rufus Howard, MD

Dr Howard was the first Yale University ophthalmology resident under the chairmanship of Dr Marvin L. Sears. His residency was followed by an academic appointment and later a position as a clinical professor there. He was a gentle soul and a natural teacher. He was particularly interested in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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