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LAUBE, Paul J.
LAUBE, Paul J. (Dubuque, IA, 1910--Dubuque, IA, Feb. 12, 2001). Laube, an alumnus of the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE graduated from the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1936. With his wife, Lavon, he moved to China. He provided medical care to the famous "Flying Tigers," American pilots who volunteered to fly combat missions against the Japanese for the Chinese, and then spent the next six years as a medical missionary in China, Africa and India. (1)
In the early 1950s. Dr. Laube relocated his internal medicine practice from Detroit to Dubuque to join DUBUQUE INTERNAL MEDICINE. He opened his practice in 1952 along Locust Street, moved to Dodge Street in 1957 and relocated in 1981 to the campus of FINLEY HOSPITAL (THE). He retired in 1984 and later opened River Road Nursery in Dubuque. (2)
In the 1960s, Laube took a two-year sabbatical from his medical practice to serve as president of the DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. He also served as chairman of the University of Dubuque board of directors and was instrumental, with Walter PETERSON, in developing the MBA programs in Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. He remained on the UD board after he retired and raised money for a bell tower as a memorial to his father, William C. Laube, a faculty member and of the UD theological seminary. and as a member of the board of directors of the DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. (3)
In 1968 Laube was the recipient of the Civic Service Award from the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce. In 1999, he received the University of Iowa College of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Award for Service. (4) He became a charter member of the Finley Health Foundation Hall of Fame in 2000. As the chancellor of the university he had been instrumental in forming The Finley Health Foundation and served as its first president. (5)
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Source:
1. Coyle, Erin, "UD Guiding Light Dimmed," Telegraph Herald, February 13, 2001, p. 3
2. "Dubuque Internal Medicine, A Proud Tradition," Telegraph Herald, September 15, 2008, p. 65
3. Coyle
4. Ibid.
5. "Finley Health Foundation Inducts 4 into Hall of Fame," Telegraph Herald, April 24, 2000, p. 21