| Sydney Spiesel | |
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Full name |
Sydney Zane Spiesel |
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Alternative names |
Sydney Z. Spiesel |
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Presence at Shimer |
–1961 |
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Presence on Earth |
1940– |
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BA |
Shimer College 1961 |
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MD |
Yale University 1975 |
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Ph.D. |
Yale University 1975 |
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Role(s) |
Mount Carroll period alum |
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Sydney Spiesel was a student at Shimer College during the early Great Books period, enrolling via early entrance and graduating in 1961.
In 2012, he was one of three recipients of Shimer's first Alumni Service Awards.[1]
Shimer connections[]
- Husband of alum Christina Spiesel
Biography[]
This article was imported from Wikipedia on 2012-01-20.
Dr. Sydney Z. Spiesel is a pediatrician specializing in adolescent medicine[1] on the clinical faculty of the Yale University School of Medicine.[2]
Spiesel is the inventor (Template:Patent) of a shampoo that makes lice eggs (nits) fluoresce under ultraviolet light, so making them more visible.[3][4]
Spiesel is a regular commentator for Slate magazine[5] and National Public Radio.[6]
Writings about Shimer[]
References[]
- ↑ http://www.healthgrades.com/directory_search/physician/profiles/dr-md-reports/Dr-Sydney-Spiesel-MD-23A2183D.cfm
- ↑ Trillin, Calvin (July 17, 2000), "Lice Styles Of The Rich And Famous", TIME Magazine, time.com, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,997475,00.html.
- ↑ Kelliher, Jeff, "You Light Up My Lice", HealthNews, headlice.org, http://www.headlice.org/news/2000/iwon.htm.
- ↑ Riordan, Teresa (April 24, 2000), "Patents; Inventors work on laser hair removal, hair cleaning, hair mascara and hair drying", New York Times Business, nytimes.com, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00EFDC1430F937A15757C0A9669C8B63.
- ↑ Slate articles by Sydney Spiesel
- ↑ Sydney Spiesel on NPR
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