Fun Fact Friday: Who in Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Family Owned a Pharmacy?

Answer: His father!

Stephen Fauci, PharmD, graduated from the College of Pharmacy at Columbia University,¹ and opened Fauci Pharmacy in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. According to those who remember it, the pharmacy had a soda fountain on the right side, telephone booths by the entrance, and a long counter down the middle.²

REFERENCES

• Oral History of Anthony Fauci, MD. National Institutes of Health; https://history.nih.gov/nihinownwords/assets/media/pdf/fauci89.pdf. Interview March 7, 1989. Accessed April 23, 2020.
• DeRosa F. Only in Print: Dr. Fauci’s Roots in Dyker Heights. The Tablet; April 8, 2020. https://thetablet.org/only-in-print-dr-faucis-roots-in-dyker-heights/. Accessed April 23, 2020.

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