Profiles – Page 72

22Apr

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Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Fernando Juarez, Orderly

Fernando Juarez – an Orderly at IMSS Hospital Regional No. 2 Villa Coapa, Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico - passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 22 April, 2020. Source: Facebook Please help us in adding details.

22Apr

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France, Noteworthy, Profiles

Jacques Pellen, jazz guitarist

Jacques Pellen a French jazz guitarist died of COVID-19 on 21 April 2020 at Brest hospital. Pellen worked with many musicians over the years such as Peter Gritz, Kenny Wheeler, Bruno Nevez, Henri Texier, Riccardo Del Fra, and violinist Didier Lockwood.

22Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Donald Kennedy, Neurobiologist

Donald Kennedy – a Neurobiologist (retired), Former President at Stanford University; Former Chief of US FDA, Redwood City, California – passed away on 21 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Donald was 88 years old. Born Aug. 18, 1931, in New York City and educated at Harvard, he taught at Syracuse before arriving at “the Farm” in 1960 as an assistant professor. Kennedy climbed the ranks to become chair of the school’s biology department and helped create and, for a time, directed Stanford’s interdisciplinary human biology program. From 2000 to 2008, Kennedy served as editor in chief of the journal Science. He later returned to teaching undergraduates and served on the boards of numerous nonprofits and scientific organizations. ...

22Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Joel Rogosin, TV producer & writer

Joel Rogosin an American television producer and screenwriter died from complications of COVID-19 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital on April 21, 2020, at the age of 87. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Deborah, and their three daughters, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Rogosin was known for producing such television series as 77 Sunset Strip, The Virginian, Ironside, Magnum, P.I., and Knight Rider from the 1960s to the 1990s. He was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for his production work on Ironside in 1970 and 1971, and received his third Emmy nomination for producing Magnum, P.I. in 1983. Joel Rogosin was born on October 30, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was raised in Boston and Virginia, where he attended hi...

22Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Mortimer Levin, Physician

Mortimer Levin – a Physician in Detroit, Michigan – passed away on 21 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Levin was 99 years old. He was born and raised in Detroit, graduating from Northern High School. He spent his final years at Pomeroy Living Sterling Skilled Rehabilitation Center in Sterling Heights, where he was generally referred to as Doc. Source: Legacy Please help us in adding details.

22Apr

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Japan, Noteworthy, Profiles

Teruyuki Okazaki, karate master

Teruyuki Okazaki a tenth degree black belt in Shotokan Karate, as well as the founder and chief instructor of the International Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF) died on April 21, 2020 from complications due to Covid-19. Along with Gichin Funakoshi and Masatoshi Nakayama, Okazaki helped found the Japan Karate Association's instructor training program. Okazaki was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As a young man, he grew up studying judo, kendo, and aikido. In 1948, at the age of sixteen, he entered Takushoku University. It was here that Okazaki began his karate training. Teruyuki Okazaki studied primarily under Gichin Funakoshi, as well as Masatoshi Nakayama. In 1953, Okazaki graduated and was immediately appointed coach of the Takushoku team. Later that year, it was decided ...

22Apr

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Belgium, Medics, Profiles

Murtaza Mawji, Patient Liaisor

Murtaza Mawji – a Patient Liaisor at CHU Ambroise Pare & SHAPE HealthCare Facility, Mons, Belgium – passed away on 21 April 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Mawji was 69 years old. Source: La Province Please help us in adding details.

Donald Kennedy, scientist, public administrator, and academic

22Apr

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High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Donald Kennedy, scientist, public administrator, and academic

He served as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (1977–79), President of Stanford University (1980–92), and Editor-in-Chief of Science (2000–08). Following this, he was named president emeritus of Stanford University; Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, emeritus; and senior fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Donald Kennedy was born on August 18, 1931 in New York City, the son of Barbara Bean and William Dorsey Kennedy. He attended Dublin School through high school and went on to attend Harvard University, where he received an A.B., M.S., and Ph.D. in Biology, in 1956. His doctoral dissertation was titled Studies on the Frog Electroretinogram. From 1956 to 1960, Kennedy taught biology at Syracuse University, receiving...

22Apr

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High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Jack Taylor, politician

Jack Taylor an American politician and businessman died from COVID-19 on April 21, 2020, at Casey's Pond Living Facility in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, at the age of 84. Taylor was born in Chicago, Illinois and served in the United States Navy. He received his bachelor's degree from Iowa State University. He lived in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and was involved in the coal mining and real estate businesses. Taylor served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1992 to 2000 and the Colorado Senate from 2000 to 2008 and was a Republican.

Philip F. Foglia, lawyer and civic activist

22Apr

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Philip F. Foglia, lawyer and civic activist

Philip F. Foglia lawyer and civic activist, advocate for Italian American rights issues died from COVID-19 on April 21, 2020, at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Washington Heights, Manhattan, at the age of 69. Philip F. Foglia (November 27, 1950 – April 21, 2020) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, civic activist, politician, and advocate for Italian-American rights issues. Most recently, Foglia led a campaign to construct a statue honoring Frances Xavier Cabrini, an Italian-American Catholic nun more commonly known as Mother Cabrini, after the proposal was initially rejected by a New York City commission. Foglia, the son of a police detective, was raised in Belmont, a neighborhood of The Bronx with a large Italian American and Italian immigrant community. His childhood frien...