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Reginald Houston Farrar Jr.

(20 May 1919 - 24 Sep 2004)

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Birth	20 May 1919	Ripley, Somerset, Maine
Graduation	1943	University of Buffalo School of Medicine
Military		during World War II, receiving an honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Corps
Occupation		medical doctor serving in many capacities over his career.
Bio Note		Reginal Farrar was active in a variety of organizations. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians . In 1954, he was the founder and first president of China National Aviation Corporation Association. He had also had memberships in the Kiwanis, Sons of the American Revolution and Mayflower Association.
Death	24 Sep 2004	Loch Arbor, Monmouth, New Jersey
Obituary	29 Sep 2004	Bangor Daily News - Bangor, Penobscot, Maine
Marriage		Living
Burial		West Ripley Cemetery, Ripley, Somerset, Maine
Bio Note		Reginald was a published poet, essayist and author/co-author of 10 medical papers on Peripheral Vascular Disease

Families

Spouse	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	Reginald Houston Farrar (1889 - 1960)
Mother	Grace Adlyn Young (1891 - 1966)
Sibling	Belle Wheeler Farrar (1920 - 2016)
Sibling	Richard Young Farrar (1924 - 1944)

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Reginald Houston Farrar, Jr., M.D., 85, of Loch Arbor, N.J., died Friday, Sept. 24, 2004, at his home. Born in Ripley, Dr. Farrar grew up in Lewiston, N.Y. He has resided in Loch Arbor for 29 years. A graduate of the University of Buffalo, he joined the college fencing team and served as captain for three years. He also organized the college band. He received his medical education at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and was a student instructor in pharmacology. In his junior year, with Dr. Erwin Neter, he published his first medical paper. He graduated from medical school in 1943, at the age of 23. He served his residency at Charity Hospital, New Orleans, La. He studied parisitology and and tropical disease at Tulane Medical School. He received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Corps for service during World War II. After the war, he returned to the U.S. and was an instructor of pharmacology at the University of Buffalo for four years. He left teaching to take residency training in medicine at Jersey City Medical Center. He subsequently took a residency in pathology. In 1964, he became associated with the Peripheral Vascular Clinic at Jacobi Hospital. He was an associate professor of Rehabilitation Disease at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Bronx, New York. He later became co-director of the PVC Clinic at Jacobi Hospital and served until 2000. He began private practice in Jersey City. he was appointed Research Associate at Seton Hall University Medical School. In 1969, he was appointed instructor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Albert Einstein School of Medicine at Yeshiva University. In 1971, he was elevated to assistant professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and held that position until his death. In 1976, he was appointed Medical Director at St. Joseph's Home for the Blind, Jersey City, retiring in 2003. He practiced internal medicine with a subspecialty of Medical Peripheral Diseases, in Jersey City for 55 years. He was a member of the Order of Merlin of the International Brotherhood of Magicians. In 1954, he was the founder and first president of China National Aviation Corporation Association and editor of the group's newsletter. He was a former member of Kiwanis, Sons of the American Revolution and the Mayflower Association. Dr. Farrar was a champion fencer and fencing coach. Dr. Farrar was a published poet, essayist and an author/co-author of 10 original papers on PVD in the medical literature. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Mary Farrar; son, Reginald H. Farrar III; daughters, Catherine Farrar and Caroline Farrar. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, in West Ripley Cemetery, Ripley.

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Reginald Houston Farrar Jr.

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