Eugenie Fribourg
Eugenie Fribourg | |
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 Fribourg, from the 1929 yearbook of Barnard College | |
| Born | Eugenie Merzbach Fribourg February 13, 1908 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 28, 2007 (aged 98) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Other name | Eugenie Fribourg Tykulsker |
| Occupations | Physician, diabetes researcher |
Eugenie Merzbach Fribourg (February 13, 1908 – January 28, 2007) was an American physician and endocrinologist based in Brooklyn, New York. She was on the staff of Brooklyn Hospital for over fifty years, and directed a pioneering outpatient clinic for the treatment of diabetes.
Early life and education
Fribourg was born and raised in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood,[1] the daughter of Gustave Fribourg and Hortense Merzbach Fribourg.[2] Her twin brother Louis became a real estate lawyer and a judge.[3] Their family was Jewish, and belonged to Garfield Temple.[4][5] She graduated from Barnard College in 1929.[6] She was editor of the Barnard Bulletin, and a member of Barnard's baseball, basketball, and tennis teams.[7] She worked in advertising and journalism[8][9][10] before returning to school. She completed her medical degree at the Medical College of Virginia in 1939.[11][12]
Career
Fribourg was on the staff of Brooklyn Hospital from 1945 to 2002,[13] working in family medicine and endocrinology, especially in the treatment of diabetes and metabolic conditions. She traveled in Asia lecturing about diabetes care in the 1966.[14] In 1967 she was director of an innovative outpatient diabetes clinic at Cumberland Hospital, offering diet and exercise classes, nurses, ophthalmology and podiatry services, and Spanish-language interpreters.[15] She was a clinical associate professor at Downstate Medical Center.[16] In 1996 she won the Walter E. Reed Medal for her long service to the hospital.[17]
Publications
- "A Six-minute Test with Glucagon-free Insulin As a Guide to Treatment of Diabetes" (1954, with George E. Anderson)[18]
Personal life
Fribourg married Philip Morris Tykulsker in 1948; he died in 1961. She died in 2007, at the age of 98, in Brooklyn. There is a collection of her photographs and ephemera at the Center for Brooklyn History. Virginia Commonwealth University has a Eugenie M. Fribourg Scholarship Fund, for female medical school students in financial need.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Eugenie Fribourg family photographs and ephemera". NYU Special Collections Finding Aids. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
- ↑ "Albert Fribourg Shares in Estate". Mount Vernon Argus. 1948-09-30. p. 20. Retrieved 2026-05-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Louis M. Fribourg, 84, Former Housing Judge". The New York Times. 1992-09-13. p. 62. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
- ↑ "Mrs. Leonie Fribourg". The Chat. 1917-10-06. p. 88. Retrieved 2026-05-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "First Parents' Night". Times Union. 1921-06-12. p. 30. Retrieved 2026-05-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Barnard College (1928). Mortarboard. Barnard College. Barnard College. p. 118.
- ↑ "Edits Barnard Paper". Brooklyn Eagle. 1928-05-18. p. 20. Retrieved 2026-05-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Fribourg, Eugenie M. (1929-12-01). "Retired at 40 to See World". Brooklyn Eagle. p. 83. Retrieved 2026-05-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Fribourg, Eugenie M. (1929-03-10). "Always Looking the Part". Brooklyn Eagle. p. 102. Retrieved 2026-05-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Fribourg, Eugenie M. (1929-07-14). "How About Rain Tomorrow". Brooklyn Eagle. p. 74. Retrieved 2026-05-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Eugenie Fribourg: Nearly 99 Years in Brooklyn". Brooklyn Public Library. 2023-05-01. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
- ↑ Medical College of Virginia (1938). X-ray. Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries. Medical College of Virginia. p. 45.
- ↑ "Class Notes". Barnard: 36. Winter 2003 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Class Notes: 1929". Barnard Alumnae Magazine: 26. January 1967 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Outpatient Facility Set Up for Diabetics". Daily News. 1967-10-23. p. 569. Retrieved 2026-05-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Class Notes: 1929". Barnard Alumnae: 26. January 1986 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Maloney, Carolyn B. (June 6, 1996) "Tribute to Brooklyn Hospital Center" Remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressional Record; p. 13401.
- ↑ Anderson, George E.; Fribourg, E. M. (November–December 1954). "A Six-minute Test with Glucagon-free Insulin As a Guide to Treatment of Diabetes". Diabetes. 3 (6): 466–475. doi:10.2337/diab.3.6.466. ISSN 0012-1797. PMID 14365542.