Carrying Forward a Legacy: A Tribute to Jerold F. Lucey, MD, Pediatrics Editor-in-Chief (1974-2008).

Abstract

Creating a legacy is something few can accomplish. Former Editor-in-Chief of Pediatrics Dr Jerold F. (Jerry) Lucey, MD, FAAP, did so most admirably. Sadly, on December 10, 2017, Jerry Lucey died in Sarasota, Florida. With his passing, we lost a champion who led our journal for three-and-a-half decades. Jerry’s influence on all of us fortunate to know him and work with him is apparent in every issue we publish. Jerry Lucey grew up in Holyoke, Massachusetts, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1948, and received his doctor of medicine degree at New York University College of Medicine in 1952. He did his internship at Bellevue Hospital and residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, and conducted research in newborn jaundice there and then at Harvard Medical School, triggering the start of his career as a neonatologist before formal fellowships existed in the field. Jerry joined the faculty of the University of Vermont College of Medicine (now the University of Vermont Robert Larner, MD, College of Medicine) in 1956, rose to the rank of professor in 1967, and was named the Harry Wallace Professor of Neonatology in 1995. He was an active member of the department until his retirement in 2009, when he was named professor emeritus. His contributions … Address correspondence to Lewis R. First, MD, MS, University of Vermont Robert Larner, MD College of Medicine, 89 Beaumont Ave, Given Courtyard S250, Burlington, VT 05405-0068. E-mail: lewis.first{at}med.uvm.edu