DOCTOR HORACE ANTHONY DE LUCA Born in Denver, Colorado on December 23, 1912, Doctor Horace Anthony De Luca passed away on August 2, 1958. Dr. De Luca moved to London in 1916. He received his basic education at De La Salle High School, and went on to graduate in 1933 from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry. Two years later be received a Master of Arts degree. Dr. De Luca went on to study as a research fellow of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Industry at McGill University and in 1937 received his Ph.D. In 1939 be returned to London as an assistant in the department of Pathological Chemistry. A year later he became an instructor in biochemistry, and continued in this position until 1946. Between 1946 and 1950 be was assistant professor of biochemistry and in 1950 became professor of that department. He received his M.D. from the University of Western Ontario in 1950.
Surviving are his wife, Vivian (nee Hayes), a son, James, a daughter, Dorothy Marie, his father, Charles, and a sister, Mary
DeLuca.