Temple University School of Medicine - Skull Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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John Ignatius Fanz

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fire ol medicine during the morning and afternoon hours. I he noon-day hour was spent in the Pediatric Dispensary at Jefferson Hospital, l ie continued in the Public Health Service for three years in various capacities, as examiner, head ol the laboratory and Medical Director of the local Philadelphia Oflice. after which he tendered his resignation to devote all his time to pediatrics. I he rapidity ol ascendency to the heights of his chosen holds indicates, in some degree, the indefatigability of his eflorts as well as the keenness ol his faculties. At Jefferson he became Chief of the Outpatient Department. Associate in Pediatrics and Pediatrist to the hospital. In iQi j he was made Pediatrician to the Philadelphia Lving-ln Hospital and in 192O and 1927 Pediatrician to the Episcopal Hospital. At the same time he was Chief of the Out Patient Department ol Childrens Hospital and held a clinic in the Department ol Prevention of Diseases. In 1929 he was made Pediatrician to the Pennsylvania Hospital and consulting Pediatrician to the Shriller s Hospital lor ('rippled Children. I hree years later. 1932. marked his selection to the Professorship of Pediatrics at lemple University School of Medicine. I hroughoul this period much literature. (hie fly concerning the newborn child, was produced. I 11 OUCH devoted to Pediatrics. Dr. I yson still finds time to en- joy football and baseball in which sports he formerly participated. tennis and golf, swimming, skating and tobogganing. I lis professional associations include membership in the Phila delphia County Medical Society. Pennsylvania State Medical Society as Chairman of the Committee on Pediatric Education and American Medical Association, where he serves as Secretary of the Pediatric Section. For the past ten years. Dr. I yson has served on the Board of Directors and as Past President ol the Philadelphia Pediatric Society and was also a member of the Philadelphia Milk Commission. As a member of the Philadelphia Pathologic Society. I he Owl Abstract Club anti American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Tyson has always exhibited an active interest. Among other administrative capacities he has also served as Secretary and I reasurer and later President of the Association of American leathers of the Disease of Children. Fraternal associations include Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Literary: Alpha Kappa Kappa (President in Senior year) and Alpha Omega Alpha. Medical Honorary. I his brief biography serves to develop a learer understanding of the man to whom we look with respect and admiration as a distin guis died educator, a skillful clinician and a sincere friend—Dr. Ralph M. I yson. Professor of Pediatrics. P. P. Maciiung.

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John Ignatius Tanz DR. JOHN FANZ was Professor and Head of die Department of Pathology. Bacteriology, and Hygiene. He died at his summer home in Maryland on August twenty-sixth. 193-3. at the age of forty-four years. Dr. Fanz was horn in Philadelphia. February first. 1891. He received his preliminary education in the Public Schools of Philadelphia, graduating from Central High School in 1908. He entered the Jefferson Medical College that year and was graduated in 1912. He continued at Jefferson Hospital as an interne and in September. 1914. he began what was to be his life s work when he accepted the appointment as Demonstrator in Biology and Histology at the Jefferson Medical College. He acted as Curator of Museums to the same institution from June. 1916. until September of 1918. In the Fall of 1915. he was appointed Demonstrator and later. Associate in the Department of Bacteriology and Hygiene, which position he held until the Spring of 1925. During the same period, he was Clinical Pathologist to the St. Agnes Hospital in Philadelphia. In 1923. lie was appointed Professor and head of the Department of Pathology. Bacteriology and Hygiene of the I emple University School of Medicine. He had held this position to the time of his death. In conjunction with this work, he was appointed Pathologist to the Philadelphia General Hospital in 1918. Dr. Fanz was a member of the American Medical Association, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, the Philadelphia County Medical Society, the Pathological Society of Philadelphia, the International Association of Medical Museums, the American Association of University Professors, and the Phi Beta Pi Medical Fraternity. He was the author ol numerous papers on various Pathological and Bacteriological subjects. His accomplishments were not limited to the subjects which he so brilliantly taught: he was a lover of music and all of the Fine Arts: a genial man. ever a source of knowledge to his colleagues and students. We mourn a true friend and advisor: one whom we always looked to with the awe of a genius. His advice to all students was always remembered and. in most instances, followed to the letter. 1 emple University, his students, and friends, and the whole world of medicine has lost a leader.