Leo J. Falk Jr., 84, of Charlottesville died Sunday, July 20, 2008, at home from complications of a long-standing bone marrow disorder.
He was born in Boise, Idaho, in 1924, the son of Leo Joshua and Helen Friendly Falk. He attended Roosevelt Grammar School and Boise High School, and then entered Princeton University.
In 1942 he enlisted in the United States Army and after completing basic training in field artillery, was selected into the Army Specialized Training Program assigned to Yale University, where he completed premedical studies. He was then sent to the Long Island College of Medicine (now New York State Downstate), graduating with an M.D. in 1949. He completed four years of post-graduate training at the University of Virginia Hospital, where he was chief resident in internal medicine, from 1952 until 1953.
He re-enlisted in the Army in 1953 and was assigned to SHAPE (Supreme Head-quarters Allied Powers of Europe) as specialist in internal medicine at the military unit within the American Hospital of Paris at Neuilly, France. Upon returning to Charlottesville in 1955, he began private practice of medicine, while serving in a half-time fellowship with Dr. Henry Mulholland. For 15 years he combined a family practice with hospital and referral work. He was founding director of the coronary care unit of Martha Jefferson Hospital, one of the earliest such units in the state and one of the first to permit non-physicians to perform electroshock resuscitation.
During the winter from 1969 until 1970, Dr. Falk participated in the Volunteer Physicians for Vietnam program, stationed at Tay Ninh Province on the Cambodian border.
In 1970 he joined Project HOPE and served four years as Director of HOPE's land-based program that remained after the Ship HOPE's tour in Tunisia. From 1975 until 1984, he was a Senior United States Foreign Service Officer with assignments in Zaire, Bolivia, Peru, and Washington. While working in the Andean countries he devoted free time to an interest in high altitude medicine and participated with Peruvian and Bolivian high altitude authorities in laboratories at over 15,000 feet at Morococho and Cerro del Pasco, Peru. In
1982 he was invited to present a paper, Clinical Observations at High Altitude, at the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health. In 1983 he was awarded a Master of Public Health degree by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
From 1984 until 1994 he was a consultant in Washington, D.C. -- initially on a full-time basis and then part-time as he phased into retirement. For several years, he then fulfilled his lifelong love of animals and land, actively operating his farm, nestled in the Blue Ridge. Medically related interests during retirement included service on the Charlottesville Free Clinic Board and participation in activities of the Program for Humanities in Medicine of the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
Dr. Falk is survived by his son, James Nathan Falk and his wife, Terrell Held Falk, of Dallas, Texas; his grandson, Todd Nathan Falk and his wife, Bailey, of Houston, Texas; and his granddaughter, Ashleigh Elizabeth Falk of Dallas, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Dr. Eugenia Etheridge Falk in 1976 and his sister, Elaine Falk Chambers in 1995.
Surviving family members include Jane Falk Oppenheimer of Boise, Idaho; his nieces and nephews, Albert Chambers and his wife, Alice, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Virginia Chambers Keim and her husband, Richard, of New York City, Arthur Falk "Skip" Oppenheimer and his wife, Esther, of Boise, Idaho; Douglas Falk Oppenheimer of Boise, Idaho, Jane Oppen-heimer Blatteis and her husband, David, of San Francisco, California, and John Falk Oppenheimer and his wife, Deanna, of Seattle, Washington, and London, England; numerous great- nieces and nephews; and his cherished and devoted friend and companion of 32 years, Nicolasa "Niko" Duran.
A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at Hill and Wood Funeral Home. A private family ceremony will be held at The Pioneer Cemetery in Boise, Idaho.
The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, that any contributions be made to the University of Virginia Medical School Foundation, the Martha Jefferson Hospital Foundation, or the Charlottesville Free Clinic.
Friends may sign the guest book at www.hillandwood.com
He was born in Boise, Idaho, in 1924, the son of Leo Joshua and Helen Friendly Falk. He attended Roosevelt Grammar School and Boise High School, and then entered Princeton University.
In 1942 he enlisted in the United States Army and after completing basic training in field artillery, was selected into the Army Specialized Training Program assigned to Yale University, where he completed premedical studies. He was then sent to the Long Island College of Medicine (now New York State Downstate), graduating with an M.D. in 1949. He completed four years of post-graduate training at the University of Virginia Hospital, where he was chief resident in internal medicine, from 1952 until 1953.
He re-enlisted in the Army in 1953 and was assigned to SHAPE (Supreme Head-quarters Allied Powers of Europe) as specialist in internal medicine at the military unit within the American Hospital of Paris at Neuilly, France. Upon returning to Charlottesville in 1955, he began private practice of medicine, while serving in a half-time fellowship with Dr. Henry Mulholland. For 15 years he combined a family practice with hospital and referral work. He was founding director of the coronary care unit of Martha Jefferson Hospital, one of the earliest such units in the state and one of the first to permit non-physicians to perform electroshock resuscitation.
During the winter from 1969 until 1970, Dr. Falk participated in the Volunteer Physicians for Vietnam program, stationed at Tay Ninh Province on the Cambodian border.
In 1970 he joined Project HOPE and served four years as Director of HOPE's land-based program that remained after the Ship HOPE's tour in Tunisia. From 1975 until 1984, he was a Senior United States Foreign Service Officer with assignments in Zaire, Bolivia, Peru, and Washington. While working in the Andean countries he devoted free time to an interest in high altitude medicine and participated with Peruvian and Bolivian high altitude authorities in laboratories at over 15,000 feet at Morococho and Cerro del Pasco, Peru. In
1982 he was invited to present a paper, Clinical Observations at High Altitude, at the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health. In 1983 he was awarded a Master of Public Health degree by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
From 1984 until 1994 he was a consultant in Washington, D.C. -- initially on a full-time basis and then part-time as he phased into retirement. For several years, he then fulfilled his lifelong love of animals and land, actively operating his farm, nestled in the Blue Ridge. Medically related interests during retirement included service on the Charlottesville Free Clinic Board and participation in activities of the Program for Humanities in Medicine of the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
Dr. Falk is survived by his son, James Nathan Falk and his wife, Terrell Held Falk, of Dallas, Texas; his grandson, Todd Nathan Falk and his wife, Bailey, of Houston, Texas; and his granddaughter, Ashleigh Elizabeth Falk of Dallas, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Dr. Eugenia Etheridge Falk in 1976 and his sister, Elaine Falk Chambers in 1995.
Surviving family members include Jane Falk Oppenheimer of Boise, Idaho; his nieces and nephews, Albert Chambers and his wife, Alice, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Virginia Chambers Keim and her husband, Richard, of New York City, Arthur Falk "Skip" Oppenheimer and his wife, Esther, of Boise, Idaho; Douglas Falk Oppenheimer of Boise, Idaho, Jane Oppen-heimer Blatteis and her husband, David, of San Francisco, California, and John Falk Oppenheimer and his wife, Deanna, of Seattle, Washington, and London, England; numerous great- nieces and nephews; and his cherished and devoted friend and companion of 32 years, Nicolasa "Niko" Duran.
A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at Hill and Wood Funeral Home. A private family ceremony will be held at The Pioneer Cemetery in Boise, Idaho.
The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, that any contributions be made to the University of Virginia Medical School Foundation, the Martha Jefferson Hospital Foundation, or the Charlottesville Free Clinic.
Friends may sign the guest book at www.hillandwood.com
Leo J. Falk Jr., 84, of Charlottesville died Sunday, July 20, 2008, at home from complications of a long-standing bone marrow disorder.
He was born in Boise, Idaho, in 1924, the son of Leo Joshua and Helen Friendly Falk. He attended Roosevelt Grammar School and Boise High School, and then entered Princeton University.
In 1942 he enlisted in the United States Army and after completing basic training in field artillery, was selected into the Army Specialized Training Program assigned to Yale University, where he completed premedical studies. He was then sent to the Long Island College of Medicine (now New York State Downstate), graduating with an M.D. in 1949. He completed four years of post-graduate training at the University of Virginia Hospital, where he was chief resident in internal medicine, from 1952 until 1953.
He re-enlisted in the Army in 1953 and was assigned to SHAPE (Supreme Head-quarters Allied Powers of Europe) as specialist in internal medicine at the military unit within the American Hospital of Paris at Neuilly, France. Upon returning to Charlottesville in 1955, he began private practice of medicine, while serving in a half-time fellowship with Dr. Henry Mulholland. For 15 years he combined a family practice with hospital and referral work. He was founding director of the coronary care unit of Martha Jefferson Hospital, one of the earliest such units in the state and one of the first to permit non-physicians to perform electroshock resuscitation.
During the winter from 1969 until 1970, Dr. Falk participated in the Volunteer Physicians for Vietnam program, stationed at Tay Ninh Province on the Cambodian border.
In 1970 he joined Project HOPE and served four years as Director of HOPE's land-based program that remained after the Ship HOPE's tour in Tunisia. From 1975 until 1984, he was a Senior United States Foreign Service Officer with assignments in Zaire, Bolivia, Peru, and Washington. While working in the Andean countries he devoted free time to an interest in high altitude medicine and participated with Peruvian and Bolivian high altitude authorities in laboratories at over 15,000 feet at Morococho and Cerro del Pasco, Peru. In
1982 he was invited to present a paper, Clinical Observations at High Altitude, at the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health. In 1983 he was awarded a Master of Public Health degree by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
From 1984 until 1994 he was a consultant in Washington, D.C. -- initially on a full-time basis and then part-time as he phased into retirement. For several years, he then fulfilled his lifelong love of animals and land, actively operating his farm, nestled in the Blue Ridge. Medically related interests during retirement included service on the Charlottesville Free Clinic Board and participation in activities of the Program for Humanities in Medicine of the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
Dr. Falk is survived by his son, James Nathan Falk and his wife, Terrell Held Falk, of Dallas, Texas; his grandson, Todd Nathan Falk and his wife, Bailey, of Houston, Texas; and his granddaughter, Ashleigh Elizabeth Falk of Dallas, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Dr. Eugenia Etheridge Falk in 1976 and his sister, Elaine Falk Chambers in 1995.
Surviving family members include Jane Falk Oppenheimer of Boise, Idaho; his nieces and nephews, Albert Chambers and his wife, Alice, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Virginia Chambers Keim and her husband, Richard, of New York City, Arthur Falk "Skip" Oppenheimer and his wife, Esther, of Boise, Idaho; Douglas Falk Oppenheimer of Boise, Idaho, Jane Oppen-heimer Blatteis and her husband, David, of San Francisco, California, and John Falk Oppenheimer and his wife, Deanna, of Seattle, Washington, and London, England; numerous great- nieces and nephews; and his cherished and devoted friend and companion of 32 years, Nicolasa "Niko" Duran.
A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at Hill and Wood Funeral Home. A private family ceremony will be held at The Pioneer Cemetery in Boise, Idaho.
The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, that any contributions be made to the University of Virginia Medical School Foundation, the Martha Jefferson Hospital Foundation, or the Charlottesville Free Clinic.
Friends may sign the guest book at www.hillandwood.com
He was born in Boise, Idaho, in 1924, the son of Leo Joshua and Helen Friendly Falk. He attended Roosevelt Grammar School and Boise High School, and then entered Princeton University.
In 1942 he enlisted in the United States Army and after completing basic training in field artillery, was selected into the Army Specialized Training Program assigned to Yale University, where he completed premedical studies. He was then sent to the Long Island College of Medicine (now New York State Downstate), graduating with an M.D. in 1949. He completed four years of post-graduate training at the University of Virginia Hospital, where he was chief resident in internal medicine, from 1952 until 1953.
He re-enlisted in the Army in 1953 and was assigned to SHAPE (Supreme Head-quarters Allied Powers of Europe) as specialist in internal medicine at the military unit within the American Hospital of Paris at Neuilly, France. Upon returning to Charlottesville in 1955, he began private practice of medicine, while serving in a half-time fellowship with Dr. Henry Mulholland. For 15 years he combined a family practice with hospital and referral work. He was founding director of the coronary care unit of Martha Jefferson Hospital, one of the earliest such units in the state and one of the first to permit non-physicians to perform electroshock resuscitation.
During the winter from 1969 until 1970, Dr. Falk participated in the Volunteer Physicians for Vietnam program, stationed at Tay Ninh Province on the Cambodian border.
In 1970 he joined Project HOPE and served four years as Director of HOPE's land-based program that remained after the Ship HOPE's tour in Tunisia. From 1975 until 1984, he was a Senior United States Foreign Service Officer with assignments in Zaire, Bolivia, Peru, and Washington. While working in the Andean countries he devoted free time to an interest in high altitude medicine and participated with Peruvian and Bolivian high altitude authorities in laboratories at over 15,000 feet at Morococho and Cerro del Pasco, Peru. In
1982 he was invited to present a paper, Clinical Observations at High Altitude, at the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health. In 1983 he was awarded a Master of Public Health degree by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
From 1984 until 1994 he was a consultant in Washington, D.C. -- initially on a full-time basis and then part-time as he phased into retirement. For several years, he then fulfilled his lifelong love of animals and land, actively operating his farm, nestled in the Blue Ridge. Medically related interests during retirement included service on the Charlottesville Free Clinic Board and participation in activities of the Program for Humanities in Medicine of the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
Dr. Falk is survived by his son, James Nathan Falk and his wife, Terrell Held Falk, of Dallas, Texas; his grandson, Todd Nathan Falk and his wife, Bailey, of Houston, Texas; and his granddaughter, Ashleigh Elizabeth Falk of Dallas, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Dr. Eugenia Etheridge Falk in 1976 and his sister, Elaine Falk Chambers in 1995.
Surviving family members include Jane Falk Oppenheimer of Boise, Idaho; his nieces and nephews, Albert Chambers and his wife, Alice, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Virginia Chambers Keim and her husband, Richard, of New York City, Arthur Falk "Skip" Oppenheimer and his wife, Esther, of Boise, Idaho; Douglas Falk Oppenheimer of Boise, Idaho, Jane Oppen-heimer Blatteis and her husband, David, of San Francisco, California, and John Falk Oppenheimer and his wife, Deanna, of Seattle, Washington, and London, England; numerous great- nieces and nephews; and his cherished and devoted friend and companion of 32 years, Nicolasa "Niko" Duran.
A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at Hill and Wood Funeral Home. A private family ceremony will be held at The Pioneer Cemetery in Boise, Idaho.
The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, that any contributions be made to the University of Virginia Medical School Foundation, the Martha Jefferson Hospital Foundation, or the Charlottesville Free Clinic.
Friends may sign the guest book at www.hillandwood.com
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