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'''Mansour F. Armaly''' (February 25, 1927 – August 19, 2005) was a [[Palestinian-American]] [[physician]] who researched the modern medical treatment of [[glaucoma]].
==Early life and education==
Armaly was born in [[Shefa Amr]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]. He received his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] (1947) and [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] (1951) from the [[American University of Beirut]] in [[Lebanon]]. After completing his residency in [[Beirut]] at the American University Hospital, he left in 1955 to attend the [[University of Iowa]], from which he received thea [[M.Sc.]] in 1957. Armaly became an American citizen and joined the university's faculty, where he remained for thirteen13 years.
In 1970, he accepted a position as [[professor]] and chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the [[George Washington University]] Medical Center, in [[Washington, D.C.]], serving in that role for 27 years, until 1996. From 1980 to 1987, Armaly served as President of the [[Pan-American Glaucoma Society]].
==Death==
He died of [[cancer]] at the hospital where he had long worked, at the age of 78. He was survived by his wife of 55 years, Aida Armaly, and his two children, [[Fareed Armaly]], an artist in Berlin, and Raya Armaly Harrison, an ophthalmologist in [[Columbia, Maryland]].<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00E3D71F31F93AA2575AC0A9639C8B63 "Mansour Armaly, 78, Leader of Early Study of Glaucoma, Dies," New York Times, September 19, 2005.] (Requires registration.)</ref>▼
He died of [[cancer]] at the hospital where he had long worked at the age of 78.
▲He was survived by his wife of 55 years, Aida Armaly, and his two children, [[Fareed Armaly]], an artist in Berlin, and Raya Armaly Harrison, an ophthalmologist in [[Columbia, Maryland]].<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00E3D71F31F93AA2575AC0A9639C8B63 "Mansour Armaly, 78, Leader of Early Study of Glaucoma, Dies," New York Times, September 19, 2005.] (Requires registration.)</ref>
==Legacy==