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Dr. Giles Alexander Koelsche
September 03, 1908 - December 06, 2000
First, Middle and Last Name: Dr. Giles Alexander Koelsche |
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Date of Birth: September 03, 1908 |
Date of Death: December 06, 2000 |
Name of Father: Charles Lewis Koelsche Jr |
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Name of Mother: Flora Aurora Koelsche (born Deiner) |
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Birth: Ashland, Jackson, Oregon |
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Education: Pacific Union College and received his M.D. from the College of Medical Evangelists (Loma Linda University) at the age of 21. He went on to receive his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Medicine from the University of Minnesota. |
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Military Enlistment: October 16 1940 Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota |
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Occupation(s): As their longest tenured physician, he was on the staff of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for over 40 years. His specialty was Internal Medicine and his sub specialty, Allergy. He was involved in the research and development of Cortisone with Drs. Edward Kendall and Phillip Hench who received the Nobel Prize for this achievement. He was an internationally respected expert in Allergy and among his many distinguished affiliations, he was President of the American College of Allergists, on the executive committee of the International Association of Allergologists, a Fellow of the American College of Allergists, and secretary of the science and educational council of the Allergy Foundation of America. (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona 12/09/2000) |
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Residence(s): (1910) Marion, Oregon; (1920) Mission, San Bernardino, California; (1940) Rochester, Rochester City, Olmsted, Minnesota; (d.) Desert Harbor in Peoria, Arizona; (burial) Sunland Memorial Park, Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona |
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Spouse(s): Mary Enid Koelsche (born Doble), June 26 1930, Los Angeles, California |
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Siblings: Beatrice J. Rickert (born Koelsche); Charles Lewis Koelsche |
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Children: Edward Giles Koelsche; Marilyn Etcheverry (Koelsche) |
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Other: Lifelong competitive chess player who ranked not far below Master level. He played by correspondence, including e-mail, to age 90 |
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Koelsche, Giles Alexander
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September 03, 1908 - December 06, 2000
