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Arch Surg. 2005;140:313.

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Dr Loyal Davis, distinguished professor of surgery at Northwestern University, past president of the American College of Surgeons, and longtime editor of Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, the predecessor to the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, received many honors during his distinguished surgical career but never an honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. However, near the end of his career in 1980, he received word that he had been elected to receive its honorary Fellowship. The date of his investiture was to be February 14, 1981, in Dublin—a day that is the anniversary of the Irish Charter and the only day on which honorary Fellowships are presented. On such occasions, all recipients must be physically present. The date was also about 6 weeks after his stepson-in-law, Ronald Reagan, had been inaugurated as President. Loyal was, of course, very excited. The health of his wife, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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John E. Connolly, MD