American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 155, No. 7 : 583-584
Copyright © 2002 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
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In Memoriam: Leonard T. Kurland (19212001)
From the Division of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Dr. Leonard T. Kurland, Emeritus Consultant and Professor of Epidemiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, died suddenly at home on December 4, 2001, at age 79 years. Len Kurland was the founder of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, and many considered him to be the father of neuroepidemiology. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from The Johns Hopkins University and his Doctor of Medicine degree from the