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

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Dedication John A. Kolmer, M.S., M.D.. D.P.H., Sc.D., LL.D., L.H.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.D. (Hon.) Professor and Head of the Deportment of Public Health and Preventive Medicine As we, the class of 1954, prepare to take the Hippocratic Oath, it is particularly appropriate that we should dedicate this, our yearbook, to a man whose life so well exemplifies the ideals set forth in this oath. Dr. John Albert Kolmer, as physician, teacher and personality, has influenced us directly and indirectly throughout our medical education. A man of great faith and humility, a proponent of clean living, a man possessing a deep sympathy for human suffering. Dr. Kolmer has a high regard for his profession and has constantly urged his students to maintain its highest standards and dignity. His outstanding contributions and accomplishments make a consistent and endless pattern within his biography. 21

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Professors Emeritus Jesse O. Arnold, M.D., F.A.C.S. Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics G. Mason Astley, M.D. Emeritus Professor of Surgery W. Wayne Babcock, A.M., M.D., LL.D., F.A.C.S. Emeritus Professor of Surgery J. Garrett Hickey, M.D. Emeritus Professor of Physiology William C. Pritchard, M.D. Emeritus Professor of Anatomy William Egbert Robertson, M.D., F.A.C.P. Emeritus Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine and Clinical Medicine John B. Roxby, M.D. Emeritus Professor of Anatomy Melvin A. Saylor, B.S., M.D. Emeritus Professor of Physiological Chemistry William A. Steel, B.S., M.D., F.A.C.S. Emeritus Professor of Principles of Surgery W. Hersey Thomas, B.A., M.D., F.A.C.S. Emeritus Professor of Urology y

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Mrs. Kolmer, Brian, Richard, John Kevin and Dr. Kolmer Dr. John Albert Kolmer was born in Lonaconing. Maryland on April 24, 1886. His education prior to medical training was received at Lonaconing High School from which he graduated in 1902, and at Charlotte Hall Military Academy to which he was awarded a state scholarship and from which he graduated In 1904 having accumulated in the interim seven gold medals for scholarship and soldiership. He entered the University of Pennsylvania the same year, received his M.D. degree in 1908 and upon graduation was awarded the Packard Prize in Clinical Medicine. His next two years were spent interning at St. Vincent's Hospital, St. Agnes' Hospital and Philadelphia Hospital for Contagious Diseases. Following his internships, Dr. Kolmer served as Pathologist at Philadelphia Hospital for Contagious Diseases from 1910-1915; Assistant Professor of Experimental Pathology at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine from 1912-1919; and Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology at Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduates in Medicine from 1912-1919. Further appointments have included: Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medicine. University of Pennsylvania, 1919-1932; Professor of Chemotherapy, Temple University School of Medicine, 1930-1932: Professor of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, 1932-to date; Professor of Medicine, Temple University School of Dentistry, 1936-to date; Director, Research Institute of Cutaneous Medicine, 1934-1949; Director Institute of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Temple University, 1949-to date. Honorary degrees bestowed upon Dr. Kolmer include M.S., Sc.D. and LL.D. awarded by Villanova College. St. Joseph's College and La Salle College, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1914. Other awards include the Mendel Medal of Villanova College, 1929, the Strittmatter Medal of the Philadelphia County Medical Society, 1932. and the Ward Burdick Medal of the American Society of Clinical Pathology. 1934. During these years of education and service, Dr. Kolmer married and raised a family. He married Bessie Cecelia Herron of Freeland, Pennsylvania, on September 12, 1912. The Kolmers have two sons, Dr. John H. and Mr. Daniel A. Kolmer. and eight grandchildren for whom Dr. Kolmer has an especial fondness. It was with deep regret that we learned of Mrs. Kolmer's death in January 1954.