Drexel University College of Medicine - Medic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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M, 75 ALBERT M. LU PTON Assistant Professor of Medicine

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MED PUBLISHED BY THE SENIQR CLASS I9 5 2 HAHNEMANN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HQSPITAL PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA

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AS I KNEW HIM Dr Albert M Lupton dxed suddenly Iune Z8 1951 at the early age of 36 He was one of the pxoneers at Hahnemann to mvestlgate the role of arterlosclerosns ID cxrculatory dynamlcs He made lmpor tant contrrbutlons ln varlous pubhcatrons to the study of some of ltS problems He had the g1ft of clear and loglcal thought whlch he expressed ln beaunful prose H15 wrltlngs are models of com pact and perfect Engllsh It IS a remarkable fact that he wrote wlthout correctlon the Hrst bemg nearly always the Hnal draft and ready for the prmter wlthout the alteratlon of a smgle word In hls colleagues he 1nsp1red respect and deep aHect1on He was a tlreless worker and drove h1mself hard Everythlng was done quletly qu1ckly and eflictently He was uprrght loyal and courageous He was also shy and th1s gave an appearance of re serve wh1ch partlally concealed a generous and klndly character He was modest and there was not the s11ghtest trace of meanness or mahce ln h1s nature but he desp1sed mcompetence and loathed pretense and th1s was the basls for an occas1onal justly cr1t1cal comment Dr Lupton was a frlend above prlce There are many whom he helped but m so unobtrusxve a manner that they were often unaware of what he had done H15 colleagues and puplls w1ll re member h1m w1th grautude and affecuon for h1s kmdness and h1s read1ness to help They w1ll recall that sl1m pale figure of ascetlc appearance rather shy and w1th a soft sllghtly husky XOICC 5 In 1 . . . , S n L J 7 J ' 9 n 7 - 7 9 Q . 1 - 9 . . X. 9 9 '