Paul Hoffman

Published April 4, 2013 This content is archived.

Paul F. Hoffman, an internist and director of student health at UB for two decades, died March 30 in Amherst after a brief illness. He was 95.

A native of Buffalo, Hoffman was drafted into the Army in 1943 after graduating from the UB medical school. As a major, he oversaw 1,000 enlisted men and officers during his service in the United States and Europe. He was a battalion surgeon.

Starting in 1947, he worked for the Erie County Health Department, specializing in tuberculosis. He directed the UB student infirmary from the 1950s through the mid-1970s. He also gave physicals to Army recruits from the 1970s until his retirement in 2003.

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