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Subject: KOHLER: Peter Francis Kohler--d.16/9/2005>usa\la
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:30:08 -0000

Peter Francis Kohler M.D.

Peter Francis Kohler, M.D., (1935-2005) died September 16, 2005, right after
he survived Hurricane Katrina in his home in Covington, LA. He had retired
after having served 20 years as Professor of Medicine and Herbert Harvey
Chair in Clinical Immunology Emeritus from Tulane University in New Orleans,
LA. He was born in Milwaukee, WI and attended Milwaukee University School,
Princeton University (1957), and Columbia Medical School (1961). He met and
married his wife Christa Eckert Kohler, M.D., in 1962 during his residency
at the University of Minnesota. He then served as a research fellow at the
Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in LaJolla, CA before becoming
Professor of Medicine and Head of Clinical Immunology at the University of
Colorado School of Medicine. He was a well-known and much published
researcher and speaker and belonged to numerous medical boards and
societies. Dr. Kohler was much loved by his patients, but also a great
teacher. He inspired his students and his family to always value scholarly
pursuits. But he also loved life and laughter and was always full of new
ideas. He loved to lecture and travel throughout the world; to hike, camp
and ski; to play tennis and ride his horses; and, most of all, to do those
things with his beloved family and numerlous close friends. Peter is
survived by his wife, Christa Eckert Kohler, M.D.; son Michael Kohler,
Ph.D., J.D. and his wife Lynn Haaland, J.D. and their son, Haakon; son,
Nicholas Kohler, Ph.d., his wife Ann Fifield, M.S. and their son, Wiley; son
Andre Kohler, M.S.; and sister, Jill Kohler, M.S. A Memorial Service will be
held at SS. Peter and Paul Church, 2490 N. Cramer, Milwaukee, WI 53211, at
11:00 AM on Saturday, October 29, 2005. Donations may be sent to the Peter
F. Kohler Princeton Annual Giving Memorial Fund or to the American Diabetes
Foundation. Arrangements by Schoen Funeral Home, Covington, LA.

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