Seton Hall College of Medicine - Journal Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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. WwWW,. NNNQNNNN I J L L X r 1, i r V r r r , inummmwexuummmcjw , J x Jr , W w l ' N' 1 ' 1 1 9 r l x L 7 5 i Dr. jeghers was almost lost to the world of medicine, for his first love was electronics and engineering. As a youth, he built and operated one of the first hamv radio stations in the country, and later matriculated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in search of an engineering degree. VVhile attending R.P.I. a bi- ology professor, who was starting a pre-medi' curriculum at the technical school, persuaded the young student to join his pro- gram. The rest of Dr. Ieghers' life is certainly a tribute to his professor's foresight. In high school he excelled in almost every venture that he undertook. In essay contests his keen pen Won a fortune for him in Liberty Bonds, and in athletics he took most of the basketball awards. It was also at this time that he developed his great love for dogs. He is best known to medicine for his rediscovery of Peutz's observation of the association of mucocutaneous pigmentation and gasuointestinal adenomatous polyposis. It was Dr. jeghers who developed the genetics of the familial entity that is now commonly known as the Peutz-Ieghers Syndrome. Perhaps he is better known to us as the inventor of the l Ieghers file , and the man who has made the scissors and staple gun a necessity in our lives. Of all the legends told about the man, perhaps the best known is his nickname of The Moosev. This title was given to him by some unknown medical students at Georgetown where the shadow cast by his six foot four inch frame and heavy foot- steps were ominous forebodings of his midnight presence. Although a conservative in automobiles and clothes, he leans a bit to the left in cuisine, preferring seafood to meat, and as a luncheon delicacy is often seen ordering a toasted Italian salami sandwich, with a large gooey ice cream sundae for dessert. Little time is left for entertainment in Dr. Ieghers' life, but it is usually spent watching cowboy movies and western television shows, a penchant he developed from taking his children to a weekly movie when they were younger. He is married to the former Isabelle Jean Wile of Boston, Massachusetts, they have four sons. The Ieghers family presently resides in Cranford, New Jersey. :El ' J .i , kfw 1 5 5 5 1 f .Li