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(Circulation. 2004;109:696-697.)
© 2004 American Heart Association, Inc.

In Memoriam

Ruth Pick, MD

Marc A. Silver, MD; Earl N. Silber, MD; David Lieb, MD

From the Department of Medicine and the Heart Failure Institute, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Ill, and the Cardiovascular Institute, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.

Correspondence to Marc A. Silver, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA, Director, Heart Failure Institute, Advocate Christ Medical Center, 4440 West 95th St, Oak Lawn, IL 60453. E-mail Marc.Silver@Advocatehealth.com

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I have three treasures. Guard and keep them:

The first is deep love,

The second is frugality,

And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.

Because of deep love, one is courageous.

Because of frugality, one is generous.

Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.

— –Lao-tzu,The Way of Lao-tzu

Dr.Ruth Pick was born in Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia, on November 13, 1913, and died on July 19, 2003, in Chicago, Illinois. These years bound a life of scholarship, accomplishment, courage, commitment, and humility. With the passing of Dr Ruth Pick at the age of 89, we have lost someone who was not only a silent but powerful contributor to cardiovascular medicine but also a woman of heroic proportions to all who knew and loved her. Ruth Pick was known by many as the wife of Dr Alfred Pick, who, along with Dr Richard Langendorf, created the pioneer investigations into complex arrhythmia analysis and was among the powerhouses who populated the Cardiovascular Institute at Michael Reese Hospital on Chicago’s South Side.

However, for many others who worked along side of Dr Ruth Pick for decades, she served as a powerhouse in her own way, as investigator, teacher, mentor, colleague, and friend.

Dr Pick began her education in Czechoslovakia and received her MD degree from the German University of Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1938. She and her husband had married just 2 years earlier. Their deep love for each . . . [Full Text of this Article]