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The Strauss Lecture

Dr. Alfred A. Strauss was born in Germany in 1881. At the age of ten his family came to the United States and settled in Eastern Washington. He graduated from the University of Washington with honors in 1904. While at UW he was a football star and maintained a strong connection to the UW as an alumnus by his active participation in the areas of football recruitment and scholarships. In 1908 he received his medical degree from Rush Medical College and was later an intern at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. He spent his entire medical career in Chicago and was well known for his research and pioneering techniques in the field of abdominal surgery. In 1950 Dr. Strauss established the Alfred A. Strauss lecture in the Department of Surgery at the University of Washington. His lecture entitled "The Clinical End Result in the Surgical Treatment of Carcinoma of the Stomach and Colon since 1915 and Observations of the Relative Acquired Immunity Against Carcinoma Following Surgery" was the first. Each year the Strauss Lectureship supports a national or international figure in surgery to come to the University of Washington and interact with our students, residents and faculty.

Strauss History: 1950-2013