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Oglesby Paul, M.D.
1916 - 2007
Oglesby Paul's heart beat for medicine and for teaching. Dr. Paul, a cardiologist and former dean of admissions at Harvard Medical School, devoted his time to both his patients and students, according to colleagues and relatives.
"He practiced medicine seven days a week," said his son, Rodman, of Atlanta. "If you were sick, you would want this guy to be your doctor; he always took the time for his patients."
Dr. Paul died Dec. 22 of a heart attack in Fox Hill Village retirement home in Westwood. He was 91.
He was born in Villanova, Pa., and moved to Milton with his family in the early 1920s. He graduated from Milton Academy in 1934 and earned his bachelor's in history from Harvard in 1938. Dr. Paul graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1942 and married Marguerite (Black) in 1943; she died in 1979.
He enlisted in the Navy after medical school and served as a ship doctor for approximately four years. He completed his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he met the famed cardiologist Paul Dudley White. Dr. Paul published "Take Heart," a biography of White, in 1986.
Dr. Paul moved to Chicago in the 1940s and began working with the Chicago Heart Association. He was elected president of the American Heart Association and served a single one-year term.
"He wouldn't give patients a three-minute appointment," his son said. "He made sure patients got a lot of time and he always took care of their spouses."
Dr. Paul returned to Boston in 1977 and joined the faculty at Harvard Medical School.
"He took a special interest in foreign students while at Harvard," his son said. "He helped with their transition and establishing them with the American educational system."
In addition to his professorship at Harvard, Dr. Paul taught medical students at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He retired in the late 1990s.
He married Jean Lithgow Paul in 1981.
Traveling and photography were two passions Dr. Paul followed throughout his life. "His favorite place to visit was Berlin," his son said. "But he would travel everywhere and enjoyed it a great deal."
Dr. Paul also took an interest in the symphony and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. "He loved and supported those institutions and contributed financially," his son said. "He also got involved with the events and was a weekly listener at the symphony."