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OR C E G O R D O N $ W I T H D R H E N R Y F O Y<br />
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygirnc ofwhich hc<br />
was ptesidcni. and hr the \Vorld Health Organisation in a<br />
wide mriq of mie.<br />
Gardon Smith's influwe at thcTrun ws considerable. He<br />
Dr Henry Foy<br />
DrHrnryFoydiedonScprmbcr27 1991 in hirnincricrh<br />
year. The Tmrr has mcivrd tributes fmm Pmfcsror P C C<br />
Garnham, Dn G Timmr and J Roberts, and<br />
Dr Peter O William has wrirrrn rhc following sppreciarion.<br />
ntighbutinganinrrics,iddccided chu sWthM*.i<br />
hiNtco&rcd haiiiicrrhy&<br />
Onocaginrhy<br />
embarked for Durban, but this rime thy Vnvcd in Nairobi<br />
instead. A hrgc noy Nationil Horpiol, now the Kmpm<br />
Horpial, hrd j.«<br />
oped in dmm the mrdr mnnined a<br />
forred itsalready gimi inicresr in tropical medicine and<br />
wealth ofclinical ases mlatingro nutriiiod ~IUCIU~~<br />
worked hard to rnruie the highest standardr were maintained<br />
Vr Henry Fop' association with rhc WclkomeTmr goes<br />
kwashiorkor, splmomrgily and hcpatomrgily. many of&&<br />
throughout rhcTwr. HE was responrihlc for rhr<br />
dwelopmenr of the 'mist's interest in epidemialog. especially<br />
in rrhcmr of fellowships in clinical epidcmiabg. and more<br />
trrenilythrrrhemr mining Mlowrhipr in health rcrvico<br />
back to 1937atwhichrimchewuwor~nginrhc~gueof<br />
Narionr' Malarial Lbonrorin in Salonika. How he came IO<br />
chmg from being a ditmirrry master and then lmurer at the<br />
Imperial College ofTropical Agriculrure in Trinidad to<br />
formed the brrir ofmlltbmrivc mdics rn thcpn with<br />
the clinid depanmmn undm Dr Hiby OjLmbo. Dr<br />
Man--bhr.<br />
to mention but I fm.<br />
Vr ]mu Hanies .nd Dr Lam MrDn>grl.<br />
Dr C E Gordon Smith<br />
DrCordon SmirhdirdonAugusr4 1991. Hcwa