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Birth:          12 Aug 1916 Manhattan, New York, N.Y.
Death:          28 Aug 1996 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
Burial:         30 Aug 1996 Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah

Notes
awt Garrett Tree 2
Utah Cem Inv on ancestry
mid name from entries in American Men & Women of Science
prominent physician, wrote many articles, Univ has a Leonard W. Jarcho Distinguished 
Teaching Award
http://biblioteca.universia.net/html_bura/ficha/params/id/45110133.html
Chief of the Division of Neurology 1959-1964, Chair of the Department of Neurology 
1965-1982 . Dr. Jarcho was born in 1916 in New York City. He received his M.D. from 
Columbia in 1941 and did his Internship at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston 1942-1943. 
He completed a Residency in Medicine 1947-1948, and a second Residency in 
Psychosomatic Medicine 1948, both at Mt Sinai Hospital in New York City. He did a 
fellowship in Physiology from 1946-1947, a Fellowship in Medicine 1948-1950 and an 
additional Fellowship at the National Foundation in Infantile Paralysis 1950-1952, all at 
Johns Hopkins. Dr. Jarcho was Chief of Medical Service 1957-1958 and Chief of 
Neurology Service 1959-1962 at the VA Hospital in Salt Lake City. He was Assistant 
Professor of Medicine 1953-1961 and Associate Professor of Medicine 1961- . He was 
Assistant Professor of Neurology 1959-1960, Associate Professor of Neurology 1960-
1963 and Professor of Neurology 1963- a the University of Utah. He was Chair of the 
Division of Neurology 1959-1965 and Head of the Department of Neurology 1965- at 
the University of Utah School of Medicine.
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Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT) - August 29, 1996
Deceased Name: Leonard Wallenstein Jarcho
Leonard Wallenstein Jarcho died August 28, 1996 in Salt Lake City. 

Dr. Jarcho was born August 12, 1916 in New York City. He received a bachelor's 
degree in Latin and English from Harvard College, a master's degree in Latin from 
Columbia University, and the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia. His medical training also included an internship 
at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, a medical residency at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New 
York, and a fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he 
later became an instructor. He obtained additional training in neurology at the National 
Hospital, Queen Square, London and at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. 
During World War II, he served in the Army Medical Corps on Guadalcanal and in 
Manila, attaining the rank of major. 

In 1952, Dr. Jarcho joined the faculty of the University of Utah School of Medicine. In 
1959, he became the first chief of the newly formed Division of Neurology. When this 
division became a separate department in 1965, he was its founding chairman. He was 
made Emeritus Professor of Neurology in 1986. 

By his own estimation, Dr. Jarcho's most important professional contributions were his 
many years of teaching countless medical students, interns, residents and fellows, and 
his dedication to the care of his patients. He also was an avid skier, outdoorsman, 
birdwatcher and amateur naturalist. He was deeply devoted to his wife and children. 

He is survived by his wife, Ann; two sons, John and Daniel; one granddaughter, 
Caroline; his brother, Saul; and his sister, Grace Ross. His third son, William, 
preceded him in death. 

Private graveside services will be held at the Mount Olivet Cemetery. A memorial 
service will be held Tuesday, September 3rd, 10:30 a.m. at the Red Butte Gardens, at 
the east end of Research Park, in Salt Lake City, where friends may call one half hour 
prior to service. 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to: 

The Leonard W. Jarcho Memorial Lectureship in Neurology, University of Utah School 
Gardens, 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108. 

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Parents
JARCHO Julius ()
WALLENSTEIN Susana ()

Siblings
JARCHO Leonard Wallenstein (12 Aug 1916 - 28 Aug 1996)

Marriage To ADAMS Ann Elizabeth ()

Notes

Parents
ADAMS Carl Gordon (23 Nov 1882 - 22 May 1950)
WARDROP Celia Ellen (or Cecelia) (30 Apr 1889 - Oct 1963)

Children by ADAMS Ann Elizabeth
JARCHO John Adams ()
JARCHO Daniel Gordon ()
JARCHO William (19 Jan 1965 - 15 May 1981)

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