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(Hypertension. 2006;48:1003.)
© 2006 American Heart Association, Inc.

In Memoriam

Louis Tobian (1920–2006)

Boston University School of Medicine Boston, Mass

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The hypertension community lost an outstanding scientist, clinician, educator, and friend with the death of Louis Tobian on September 2, 2006, after a relatively brief illness. Lou was born and raised in Dallas and received his BA degree from the University of Texas. He attended Harvard Medical School in an accelerated program during World War II and received his MD degree in 1943. After postgraduate training at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, the University of California Hospital in San Francisco, and the Parkland Hospital in Dallas, he joined the faculty at the University of Texas–Southwestern Medical School. In 1954, he was appointed associate professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, where he spent the remainder of his career, leading the Division of Renal Diseases from 1964 to 1976 and the Hypertension Section from 1964 to 1994.

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Lou attributed his pursuit of a career in hypertension in part to the influence of the legendary Tinsley Harrison, who offered Lou a position in the Department of Medicine at Texas–Southwestern. According to Lou’s version of the offer, Harrison told him that he could either join the infectious diseases unit at a salary of $100 per month or work on hypertension for $200 per month. Always the pragmatist, Lou decided on hypertension. Whatever his motivation, we are fortunate that Lou made the choice that he did.

Louis Tobian made several contributions to our understanding of the role of the kidney and of sodium in the development of hypertension . . . [Full Text of this Article]