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In Memoriam<br />
Dr. Feliks Krzan<br />
1920-2013<br />
Veterinarian, World War II veteran.<br />
Dr. Krzan was born in Poland. His family was imprisoned by the Soviets and sent<br />
to Siberia. Dr. Krzan and his father survived by joining the Anders Army. He fought<br />
at Monte Casino. He finished veterinary school in Bologna, Italy and then eventually<br />
emigrated to the United States where he worked as a director of Diagnostic Labs in<br />
Georgia for many years and then as a chief veterinarian at various meat packing com-<br />
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Dr. Krzan was very active in the Polish American community and received many<br />
awards. He was a member of the Polish American Immigration & Relief Committee, Chicago Chapter, and<br />
Vice President of the Polish Heritage Institute. We remember him when he participated in the May parades<br />
always dressed in his war uniform with many medals.<br />
Janusz Kusz, M.D.<br />
1959-2007<br />
Family Practice Physician<br />
Dr. Kusz finished medicine at the Jagiellonian University Medical Academy in<br />
Krakow in 1983. After arriving in the United States, he completed a family practice<br />
residency in 1994 at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago.<br />
He then started a private practice at the Kusz Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Kusz<br />
was a member of <strong>PAMS</strong> for many years. He, along with his wife Dr. Katarzyna<br />
Kusz, always supported our endeavors.<br />
Eugene Lazowski, M.D.<br />
1913-2006<br />
Pediatrician, World War II Hero<br />
Dr. Lazowski with his friend, Dr. Matulewicz, created a fake typhus epidemic in<br />
the German Nazi-occupied area in Rozwadow, Poland. They injected residents of<br />
several villages with an innocuous substance that caused healthy people to test<br />
positive for typhus. German Nazi soldiers quarantined the entire area and were<br />
thus prevented from entering the villages and taking people to labor, concentration<br />
and death camps. Dr. Lazowski is credited with saving more than 8,000<br />
lives. After the war ended, he completed his medical training in Poland and<br />
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Rehabilitation Center in Chicago from 1964 to 1983 and served as an assistant professor at Northwestern<br />
University from 1972 to 1980, and at the University of Illinois from 1976 through 1983. Dr. Lazowski has<br />
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can<br />
Medical Association on July 5, 2004.<br />
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