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The world lost a brilliant neurologist with the death of Manuel Rodriguez Gomez on January 21, 2006, in Rochester, MN. His family and wide circle of friends and colleagues lost a wonderful father, friend, mentor, and teacher with an extraordinary talent for life.
Manuel Gomez was born in Spain in the city of Minaya in La Mancha on July 4, 1928. He would comment later in life that he had been delighted to witness the celebrations on his auspicious birthday when he first came to the United States. The first decade of his life took place against the background of the Spanish Civil War, in which he narrowly escaped injury or death on more than one occasion. His family moved to Cuba in 1940, where he continued his education, graduating Doctor of Medicine from Universidad de la Habana in 1952. His critical comments on the Batista regime, voiced in the course of subsequent boisterous graduation celebrations, led to his detention by the authorities. He was able to extricate himself from this dangerous situation, and made good his escape to the United States.
He began his postgraduate training in the United States at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago and continued his studies of neurology and anatomy at the University of Michigan with Russell DeJong and Elizabeth Crosby. This work culminated in the …
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