rop ist . ▁He ▁is ▁emer it us ▁professor ▁of ▁medicine ▁and ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁medicine ▁at ▁the ▁May o ▁C lin ic , ▁Ro chester , ▁Minnesota ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁found ing ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁institution ’ s ▁W . ▁Bruce ▁F ye ▁Center ▁for ▁the ▁History ▁of ▁Medicine . ▁▁ ▁F ye ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁M ead ville , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁and ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁sub ur bs ▁of ▁Philadelphia . ▁A ▁collect or ▁from ▁a ▁young ▁age , ▁he ▁developed ▁a ▁passion ▁for ▁old ▁books , ▁and ▁following ▁qual ifications ▁in ▁both ▁medicine ▁and ▁history ▁of ▁medicine ▁from ▁the ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins ▁University , ▁he ▁purs ued ▁a ▁dual ▁career ▁in ▁card i ology ▁and ▁medical ▁history , ▁where ▁his ▁particular ▁interests ▁have ▁included ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁professional ization ▁of ▁phys i ology , ▁the ▁American ▁medical ▁education ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁ 2 0 th ▁centuries , ▁and ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁card i ology , ▁special ization , ▁and ▁the ▁May o ▁C lin ic . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁he ▁was ▁both ▁elected ▁a ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁College ▁of ▁Card i ology ▁( AC C ) ▁and ▁appointed ▁to ▁the ▁Marsh field ▁C lin ic ▁in ▁Wisconsin , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁chair ▁of ▁its ▁Card i ology ▁Department ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁and ▁where ▁he ▁established ▁the ▁e ch oc ardi ography ▁labor atory . ▁▁ ▁F ye ' s ▁appoint ments ▁have ▁also