Services for Dr. LEON G. ZERFAS, 81, a Frankfort native and the first $1 million donor to Indiana Central University, were held at 2 p.m. today at Carlisle Funeral Home in Mooresville. Burial was in West Newton Cemetery.
Dr. Zerfas died Saturday at University Heights Hospital in Indianapolis.
He was born in Frankfort, and spent most of his life near West Newton and Camby. He received a bachelor's and a medical degree at Indiana University, and Ph.D. at Cambridge University in England.
Dr. Zerfas worked at Harvard University's Thorndike Laboratory and became the first director of Lilly Laboratory in Indianapolis in 1926. He had taught at the Indiana University school of medicine and had a private practice at Metom and Camby until he retired in 1957.
He was also the author of more than two dozen scholarly publications.
Survivors include a son, Dr. Charles ZERFAS of Noblesville.
Source: The Times, Frankfort, IN Monday November 13, 1978 Page 6
Contributed By: Mary K. George
Added: 20 Jun 2009
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Survived By: Son, Dr. Charles P. Zerfas of Acton.
Other: Age 81. Carlisle funeral. Buried West Newton cemetery. World traveler. Attended School at West Newton. Author, physician, taught at IU medical school; private practice at Meron and Camby. PhD Cambridge U in England. Donated $l,000,000 to Ind. Central U.
Cemetery: West Newton
Source: Mooresville Library Legacy Link
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Leon G Zerfas
United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files
Name Leon G Zerfas
Event Type Residence
Event Date Sep 1954
Event Place Indiana, United States
Gender Male
Nationality USA
Education Level Combinations Of Two Or More Doctoral Degrees, Or Doctoral Degrees With Professional Medical Degrees
Birth Year 1897
Employer Private Industry, Self-Employed
Military Status No Report
Society Name American Chemical Society
Educational Major Biochemistry
Year Obtained Degree 1941
Affiliate ARC Identifier 622629
Citing this Record
"United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLW9-PG5 : accessed 11 October 2015), Leon G Zerfas, Indiana, United States, Sep 1954; citing 1954 National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel, 622629, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
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Additional info supplied by Contributor: Susan (#48636040)in OCT 2015-
"Although the obituary for Dr. Leon Grotious Zerfas only listed Charles Zerfas as his surviving son, according to my grandmother Mildred Florer, she had been his common-law- wife in the state of Indiana, where he fathered 5 children; Diana, Jane, Leon Grotious ll, John and Robert. All are deceased except for my mother, Diana."
Dr. Zerfas died Saturday at University Heights Hospital in Indianapolis.
He was born in Frankfort, and spent most of his life near West Newton and Camby. He received a bachelor's and a medical degree at Indiana University, and Ph.D. at Cambridge University in England.
Dr. Zerfas worked at Harvard University's Thorndike Laboratory and became the first director of Lilly Laboratory in Indianapolis in 1926. He had taught at the Indiana University school of medicine and had a private practice at Metom and Camby until he retired in 1957.
He was also the author of more than two dozen scholarly publications.
Survivors include a son, Dr. Charles ZERFAS of Noblesville.
Source: The Times, Frankfort, IN Monday November 13, 1978 Page 6
Contributed By: Mary K. George
Added: 20 Jun 2009
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Survived By: Son, Dr. Charles P. Zerfas of Acton.
Other: Age 81. Carlisle funeral. Buried West Newton cemetery. World traveler. Attended School at West Newton. Author, physician, taught at IU medical school; private practice at Meron and Camby. PhD Cambridge U in England. Donated $l,000,000 to Ind. Central U.
Cemetery: West Newton
Source: Mooresville Library Legacy Link
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Leon G Zerfas
United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files
Name Leon G Zerfas
Event Type Residence
Event Date Sep 1954
Event Place Indiana, United States
Gender Male
Nationality USA
Education Level Combinations Of Two Or More Doctoral Degrees, Or Doctoral Degrees With Professional Medical Degrees
Birth Year 1897
Employer Private Industry, Self-Employed
Military Status No Report
Society Name American Chemical Society
Educational Major Biochemistry
Year Obtained Degree 1941
Affiliate ARC Identifier 622629
Citing this Record
"United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLW9-PG5 : accessed 11 October 2015), Leon G Zerfas, Indiana, United States, Sep 1954; citing 1954 National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel, 622629, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
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Additional info supplied by Contributor: Susan (#48636040)in OCT 2015-
"Although the obituary for Dr. Leon Grotious Zerfas only listed Charles Zerfas as his surviving son, according to my grandmother Mildred Florer, she had been his common-law- wife in the state of Indiana, where he fathered 5 children; Diana, Jane, Leon Grotious ll, John and Robert. All are deceased except for my mother, Diana."
Services for Dr. LEON G. ZERFAS, 81, a Frankfort native and the first $1 million donor to Indiana Central University, were held at 2 p.m. today at Carlisle Funeral Home in Mooresville. Burial was in West Newton Cemetery.
Dr. Zerfas died Saturday at University Heights Hospital in Indianapolis.
He was born in Frankfort, and spent most of his life near West Newton and Camby. He received a bachelor's and a medical degree at Indiana University, and Ph.D. at Cambridge University in England.
Dr. Zerfas worked at Harvard University's Thorndike Laboratory and became the first director of Lilly Laboratory in Indianapolis in 1926. He had taught at the Indiana University school of medicine and had a private practice at Metom and Camby until he retired in 1957.
He was also the author of more than two dozen scholarly publications.
Survivors include a son, Dr. Charles ZERFAS of Noblesville.
Source: The Times, Frankfort, IN Monday November 13, 1978 Page 6
Contributed By: Mary K. George
Added: 20 Jun 2009
------------
Survived By: Son, Dr. Charles P. Zerfas of Acton.
Other: Age 81. Carlisle funeral. Buried West Newton cemetery. World traveler. Attended School at West Newton. Author, physician, taught at IU medical school; private practice at Meron and Camby. PhD Cambridge U in England. Donated $l,000,000 to Ind. Central U.
Cemetery: West Newton
Source: Mooresville Library Legacy Link
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Leon G Zerfas
United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files
Name Leon G Zerfas
Event Type Residence
Event Date Sep 1954
Event Place Indiana, United States
Gender Male
Nationality USA
Education Level Combinations Of Two Or More Doctoral Degrees, Or Doctoral Degrees With Professional Medical Degrees
Birth Year 1897
Employer Private Industry, Self-Employed
Military Status No Report
Society Name American Chemical Society
Educational Major Biochemistry
Year Obtained Degree 1941
Affiliate ARC Identifier 622629
Citing this Record
"United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLW9-PG5 : accessed 11 October 2015), Leon G Zerfas, Indiana, United States, Sep 1954; citing 1954 National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel, 622629, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
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Additional info supplied by Contributor: Susan (#48636040)in OCT 2015-
"Although the obituary for Dr. Leon Grotious Zerfas only listed Charles Zerfas as his surviving son, according to my grandmother Mildred Florer, she had been his common-law- wife in the state of Indiana, where he fathered 5 children; Diana, Jane, Leon Grotious ll, John and Robert. All are deceased except for my mother, Diana."
Dr. Zerfas died Saturday at University Heights Hospital in Indianapolis.
He was born in Frankfort, and spent most of his life near West Newton and Camby. He received a bachelor's and a medical degree at Indiana University, and Ph.D. at Cambridge University in England.
Dr. Zerfas worked at Harvard University's Thorndike Laboratory and became the first director of Lilly Laboratory in Indianapolis in 1926. He had taught at the Indiana University school of medicine and had a private practice at Metom and Camby until he retired in 1957.
He was also the author of more than two dozen scholarly publications.
Survivors include a son, Dr. Charles ZERFAS of Noblesville.
Source: The Times, Frankfort, IN Monday November 13, 1978 Page 6
Contributed By: Mary K. George
Added: 20 Jun 2009
------------
Survived By: Son, Dr. Charles P. Zerfas of Acton.
Other: Age 81. Carlisle funeral. Buried West Newton cemetery. World traveler. Attended School at West Newton. Author, physician, taught at IU medical school; private practice at Meron and Camby. PhD Cambridge U in England. Donated $l,000,000 to Ind. Central U.
Cemetery: West Newton
Source: Mooresville Library Legacy Link
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Leon G Zerfas
United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files
Name Leon G Zerfas
Event Type Residence
Event Date Sep 1954
Event Place Indiana, United States
Gender Male
Nationality USA
Education Level Combinations Of Two Or More Doctoral Degrees, Or Doctoral Degrees With Professional Medical Degrees
Birth Year 1897
Employer Private Industry, Self-Employed
Military Status No Report
Society Name American Chemical Society
Educational Major Biochemistry
Year Obtained Degree 1941
Affiliate ARC Identifier 622629
Citing this Record
"United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLW9-PG5 : accessed 11 October 2015), Leon G Zerfas, Indiana, United States, Sep 1954; citing 1954 National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel, 622629, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
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Additional info supplied by Contributor: Susan (#48636040)in OCT 2015-
"Although the obituary for Dr. Leon Grotious Zerfas only listed Charles Zerfas as his surviving son, according to my grandmother Mildred Florer, she had been his common-law- wife in the state of Indiana, where he fathered 5 children; Diana, Jane, Leon Grotious ll, John and Robert. All are deceased except for my mother, Diana."
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