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Obituary: ALFRED L. KRUGER 1911 – 1955
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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIANS
March, 1966
PHILIPPINE CHAPTER Members of the Philippine Chapter elected the following officers at their recent annual meeting: President: Laureano D. Bautista, Quezon City President-Elect: Godofredo Hebron, Manila Vice-President: Adolfo Baviera, Quezon City Secretary-Treasurer: Priscilla Tablan, Quezon City (re-elected) On December 21, the chapter held a scientific meeting at the Quezon Institute, Quezon City. Dr. Cirilo Santos, outgoing president of the chapter, presided, and Dr. Miguel Canizares, Regent' of the College for the Philippines, introduced the guest of honor, Dr. I. C. Fang, Regional Director of the Western Pacific Area, World Health Organization. Dr. Fang presented the newly elected officers of the chapter. Following an inaugural address by Dr. Laureano Bautista, Drs. Enrique Garcia, Angel I. Reyes, Rafael A. Garcia, and Regelio Teodico of the Department of Surgery, Quezon Institute, spoke on "Mediastinal Tumors."
Obituary ALFRED L. KRUGER
1911 • 1955
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It is with the deepest regret that the members of the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Chest Physicians record the death of Dr. Alfred L. Kruger, Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians, of Norfolk, Virginia, who passed away December 25, 1955 of an acute attack of myocardial infarction, it being the third attack in two years. Dr. Kruger was born on February 16, 1911. He took his preliminary education in the Norfolk public schools. He received his academic and medical training at the University of Virginia, where he graduated in 1935 with honor. He served as President of the social fraternity Phi Alpha and was a member of Phi Delta Epsilon, a medical fraternity. After graduation, Dr. Kruger accepted a rotating internship for eighteen months at the Jersey City Medical Center. He then served as houseship in x-ray for six months. After this, he served as resident physician at the Hudson County Tuberculosis Hospital, which was later named the Berthold S. Pollak Hospital of Chest Diseases. During this time he also took postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins Hospital and New York Postgraduate Hospital. He served as Lieutenant in the United States Air Force during World War II, being stationed at Kessler Field, Biloxi, Mississippi, for a tour of four years. On September 18, 1938, Dr. Kruger married Miss Louise Pollak of New Jersey, who survives. They have two children, Virginia Louise, age fifteen and Alfred L. Kruger, Jr., age eleven. After being discharged from the Air Force in February, 1946, Dr. Kruger returned to Norfolk to start his life's work. He limited this work to internal medicine, paying special attention to diseases of the chest. He was a member of the Norfolk County Medical Society of Virginia, the American Medical Association, Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. He was Governor for Virginia of this organization since July, 1955. Dr. Kruger was also a member of the Trudeau Society, The Southern Medical Association and Seaboard Medical Society. He was Chief of Thoracic Diseases at Norfolk General Hospital, a member of the staff of De Paul Hospital and Leigh Memorial Hospital, and Chairman of the Medical Board of Grandy Sanatorium (a municipal hospital). Dr. Kruger was a member of Ohef Sholom Temple, President of B'nai B'rith Lodge 1195, a Mason and a Shriner. Dr. A. L. Kruger was a promising young physician, very popular among physicians and his patients and beloved by his family. His demise at the age of forty-four was very untimely. He will be missed by many. C. Lydon Harrell, M.D.
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIANS
March, 1966
PHILIPPINE CHAPTER Members of the Philippine Chapter elected the following officers at their recent annual meeting: President: Laureano D. Bautista, Quezon City President-Elect: Godofredo Hebron, Manila Vice-President: Adolfo Baviera, Quezon City Secretary-Treasurer: Priscilla Tablan, Quezon City (re-elected) On December 21, the chapter held a scientific meeting at the Quezon Institute, Quezon City. Dr. Cirilo Santos, outgoing president of the chapter, presided, and Dr. Miguel Canizares, Regent' of the College for the Philippines, introduced the guest of honor, Dr. I. C. Fang, Regional Director of the Western Pacific Area, World Health Organization. Dr. Fang presented the newly elected officers of the chapter. Following an inaugural address by Dr. Laureano Bautista, Drs. Enrique Garcia, Angel I. Reyes, Rafael A. Garcia, and Regelio Teodico of the Department of Surgery, Quezon Institute, spoke on "Mediastinal Tumors."
Obituary ALFRED L. KRUGER
1911 • 1955
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It is with the deepest regret that the members of the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Chest Physicians record the death of Dr. Alfred L. Kruger, Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians, of Norfolk, Virginia, who passed away December 25, 1955 of an acute attack of myocardial infarction, it being the third attack in two years. Dr. Kruger was born on February 16, 1911. He took his preliminary education in the Norfolk public schools. He received his academic and medical training at the University of Virginia, where he graduated in 1935 with honor. He served as President of the social fraternity Phi Alpha and was a member of Phi Delta Epsilon, a medical fraternity. After graduation, Dr. Kruger accepted a rotating internship for eighteen months at the Jersey City Medical Center. He then served as houseship in x-ray for six months. After this, he served as resident physician at the Hudson County Tuberculosis Hospital, which was later named the Berthold S. Pollak Hospital of Chest Diseases. During this time he also took postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins Hospital and New York Postgraduate Hospital. He served as Lieutenant in the United States Air Force during World War II, being stationed at Kessler Field, Biloxi, Mississippi, for a tour of four years. On September 18, 1938, Dr. Kruger married Miss Louise Pollak of New Jersey, who survives. They have two children, Virginia Louise, age fifteen and Alfred L. Kruger, Jr., age eleven. After being discharged from the Air Force in February, 1946, Dr. Kruger returned to Norfolk to start his life's work. He limited this work to internal medicine, paying special attention to diseases of the chest. He was a member of the Norfolk County Medical Society of Virginia, the American Medical Association, Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. He was Governor for Virginia of this organization since July, 1955. Dr. Kruger was also a member of the Trudeau Society, The Southern Medical Association and Seaboard Medical Society. He was Chief of Thoracic Diseases at Norfolk General Hospital, a member of the staff of De Paul Hospital and Leigh Memorial Hospital, and Chairman of the Medical Board of Grandy Sanatorium (a municipal hospital). Dr. Kruger was a member of Ohef Sholom Temple, President of B'nai B'rith Lodge 1195, a Mason and a Shriner. Dr. A. L. Kruger was a promising young physician, very popular among physicians and his patients and beloved by his family. His demise at the age of forty-four was very untimely. He will be missed by many. C. Lydon Harrell, M.D.