In Memoriam
Harold E. Paulus
Professor Emeritus of Rheumatology
UC Los Angeles
1929-2019
Dr. Harold Paulus or “Hal” to his family and friends was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1929. He graduated from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, in 1951. In 1955, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, PA. Alpha Omega Alpha. He met the love of his life, Rita H. Cota while at Lehigh University and married her the day after he graduated from medical school.
Dr. Paulus received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. After an internship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He ultimately made his way to California to do a rheumatology fellowship under his mentor Dr. Carl Pearson. While training in rheumatology at the VA Wadsworth Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center, he also studied biostatistics at UCLA, and in clinical pharmacology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, also in Los Angeles.
In 1969, joined the faculty of the UCLA Medical Center as an assistant professor of medicine and began his career as clinician-educator. He rose through the ranks and in 1977 he became director of the Division of Rheumatology, UCLA School of Medicine and later a professor of medicine at UCLA School of Medicine.
Distinguished by his numerous honors and awards, Dr. Paulus was well regarded for his research in Scleroderma and Rheumatoid Arthritis; and serving as the chair of the Carl M. Pearson Memorial Symposium, Frontiers of Rheumatology Conference held annually in Rancho Mirage.
Dr. Paulus served on FDA committees, volunteered for the ARA, ACR and Arthritis Foundation and was on the editorial board for Arthritis and Rheumatism in addition to serving as reviewer for several journals including Journal of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Annals of Internal Medicine. Furthermore, Dr. Paulus has authored close to 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals in addition to more than 50 book chapters and 140 abstracts.
Harold is survived by his two loving children, Cyndy and Andy, two grandsons, Joshua Ian Manning and Robert Michael Manning and three great-granddaughters: Alleigh Anne, Scarlett River and Willow Marie. He will be remembered as a loving father, devoted husband, highly respected clinician scientist and a great mentor to young medical students, trainees and fellows.
Alan Fogelman
Dr. Paulus received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. After an internship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He ultimately made his way to California to do a rheumatology fellowship under his mentor Dr. Carl Pearson. While training in rheumatology at the VA Wadsworth Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center, he also studied biostatistics at UCLA, and in clinical pharmacology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, also in Los Angeles.
In 1969, joined the faculty of the UCLA Medical Center as an assistant professor of medicine and began his career as clinician-educator. He rose through the ranks and in 1977 he became director of the Division of Rheumatology, UCLA School of Medicine and later a professor of medicine at UCLA School of Medicine.
Distinguished by his numerous honors and awards, Dr. Paulus was well regarded for his research in Scleroderma and Rheumatoid Arthritis; and serving as the chair of the Carl M. Pearson Memorial Symposium, Frontiers of Rheumatology Conference held annually in Rancho Mirage.
Dr. Paulus served on FDA committees, volunteered for the ARA, ACR and Arthritis Foundation and was on the editorial board for Arthritis and Rheumatism in addition to serving as reviewer for several journals including Journal of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Annals of Internal Medicine. Furthermore, Dr. Paulus has authored close to 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals in addition to more than 50 book chapters and 140 abstracts.
Harold is survived by his two loving children, Cyndy and Andy, two grandsons, Joshua Ian Manning and Robert Michael Manning and three great-granddaughters: Alleigh Anne, Scarlett River and Willow Marie. He will be remembered as a loving father, devoted husband, highly respected clinician scientist and a great mentor to young medical students, trainees and fellows.
Alan Fogelman
