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Abstract The death of Dr. Arthur Fernandez Coca will be mourned by all who knew him, but there is a special reason to memorialize it here, since he was the founder of this Journal. Dr. Coca was born in Philadelphia on March 20, 1875. The Spanish flavor of his middle and last names derives from the fact that his father was a native of Cuba. He studied at Haverford College, received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania (1900), studied at Heidelberg (1905–1909) and was assistant under von Dungern at the Cancer Institute of Heidelberg, in charge of the chemical laboratory (1907–1909). He was Bacteriologist at the Bureau of Science in Manila (1909–1910), Instructor in Pathology and Bacteriology at Cornell University Medical College (1910–1919), Assistant Professor of Immunology (1919–1924), Professor (1924–1932), Professor of Medicine, New York Postgraduate Medical School, Columbia University (1931–1935) and Medical Director, Lederle Laboratories (1931–1949).
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