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John Fahey

Boulder, Colorado

1924 - 2014

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John Leslie Fahey, MD, MS, of Boulder, CO, passed away suddenly on August 19, 2014. He is survived by his son, James of Cranbury, NJ, daughters Marguerite of Los Angeles, CA, and Catharine of Boulder, CO and his brother Thomas of Aurora, CO. Also his grandchildren, Allison Krouse of Boulder, CO,...

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Dr Fahey as a medical residente published the first clinical description of wegener granulomatosis in America. Before that, all of cases of WG were discovered in the autopsy. Dr Ulises Mercado

John had recruited me at UCLA and trained me in both research and mentoring students and fellows. He was an inspiration and a role model. I am indebted to his compassion and making me a better scientist and teacher.
Ben Bonavida

John touched my life as a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh and then postdoctoral fellow at UCLA. John was tough as nails when it came to quality science, and I am grateful for the advice he offered me. I continue on as a scientist - and hired one of the staff he had at UCLA - and think of him very frequently. I will remember him with nothing but admiration.