John P. Merrill John P. Merrill John Putnam Merrill (March 10, 1917 – April 14, 1984) was an American physician and medical researcher. He led the team which performed the world's first successful kidney transplant. He generally credited as the "father of nephrology" or "the founder of nephrology," which is the scientific study of the kidney and its diseases. Merrill was born in 1917 in Hartford, Connecticut. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1938, he attended the Harvard Medical School. He graduated in 1942; and he was an intern at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. During World War II, he served for four
Quimby Pipe Organs Quimby Pipe Organs Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc. is an American builder of pipe organs, based in Warrensburg, Missouri. The firm was founded in 1970 by Michael Quimby, President and Tonal Director, and incorporated in the State of Missouri in 1980. The company has built and restored organs throughout the United States, notably including the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine (New York City), St. Paul's Cathedral (San Diego), and Catalina United Methodist Church (Tucson, Arizona). Along with new instruments and restorations, Quimby Pipe Organs also has an active service department, maintaining and tuning many instruments in the Midwest and across