Dr. Albert H. Meinke, Jr. was born on September 26, 1919 in Detroit, Michigan, where he attended the public schools, and graduated in 1937 with honors from Thomas M. Cooley High School. He then attended Albion College in Albion, Michigan, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in June 1941. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in October 1943. That unusual time of year for a graduation came about because the United States had formally entered World War II on December 7, 1941, and the university promptly adopted an accelerated medical curri...