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Introduction of Anthony S. Fauci, MD
2007 Association of American Physicians George M. Kober Medal
Anthony Stephen Fauci — Tony — was born on Christmas Eve, 1940.
Tony Fauci’s family came from Italy.
Both sets of grandparents immigrated to New York City via Ellis Island
The Faucis ran a neighborhood pharmacy at 13th Avenue and 83rd
Tony delivered prescriptions from the time he was old enough to ride a bike. He was raised in a Catholic tradition, receiving his first communion at age 7 and confirmation at age 12.
Tony was tops in his class at Our Lady of Guadalupe elementary school. He always excelled academically, but he was not a nerd. In the 1950s Bensonhurst was a working-class Brooklyn neighborhood for Italians and Jews.
In 1958, he entered Regis High School, a free school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, with a special mission of educating sons of Catholic immigrants in the Jesuit tradition.
Tony graduated Regis High School among the top in his class and in 1958 entered Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where the strong Jesuit influence continued
He graduated in 1966, first in his class, and pursued house staff training in internal medicine at the New York Hospital
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