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

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Lester Leon Fisher

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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.

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So Live I hat when thy summons come I o join that innumerable caravan Which moves to that mysterious realm Where each shall take his chamber In the silent halls of death. Thou go not like a quarry Slave at night, scourged to his dungeon. But sustained and soothed By unfaltering trust. Approach thy grave like one who Wraps the draperies of his couch About him, and lies down lo pleasant dreams- rhanalopsis. (w. c. n.)