Monroe Cole, MD (1933–2008)

Dr. Monroe Cole, Emeritus Professor of Neurology at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine, died of congestive heart failure on January 28, 2008, at the age of 74. Monroe received his BA from Amherst College and MD from Georgetown University in 1957. He had 2 years of Internal Medicine training at Seton Hall before becoming a resident in Neurology and Neuropathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he stayed until 1962. While at the MGH, he participated in clinical studies that resulted in several seminal publications.1–3 He then entered the US Army Medical Corps and spent 3 years doing neuroanatomic research under the legendary W.J.H. Nauta at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Following his military obligation, he joined the faculty of Bowman Gray School of Medicine. He was elected to membership in the American …