Dr. Paul Ambrose, 32, of Washington, D.C., was a senior clinical advisor with the Office of the Surgeon General who worked toward improving health care in his country. He was on board American Airlines flight 77 on his way to Los Angeles for a conference on adolescent obesity when his flight was forced to crash into the Pentagon.
Dr. Paul Ambrose was the second recipient of the AMSA's Lifetime Distinguished Service Award and became AMSA's legislative affairs director in 1995. After graduating from Marshall University School of Medicine and Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Ambrose earned a Luther Terry Fellowship.
Many people who knew him personally believed that he was destined to become the next surgeon general.
Everything I've read about Dr. Ambrose indicates that he was destined to achieve greatness on a professional level, but what most people who knew him personally remember him for is the kind of person he was...his kind personality, his passion for helping others, his generosity, his love for people, his love for his country, his smile, his ability to make people laugh, the way he understood people and how people were drawn to him, he was fun, bright, friendly, compassionate, a great leader, a humanitarian, everything he did he did with enthusiasm. What a great man!
Thank you for sharing this memorial of Paul.
Posted by: Holly | September 11, 2006 at 07:48 AM
Lets never forget what friends, family and fellow human beings we lost 8 years ago. Honor the people we knew who were lost by keeping them in our thoughts.
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