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In Remembrance: Harold C. Spear ’45 Died on August 29 2013

Cardiothoracic surgeon Harold C. Spear died August 29, 2013, one month shy of his 90th birthday. He had been a pioneer in thoracic surgery, doing experimental work during the early days of heart/lung machines, heart transplants, and pacemakers—while maintaining a busy surgical practice in the Miami, Florida, area, which at one time included practicing at as many as ten hospitals.

The New York Times ran a full obituary on September 29, 2013.

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