Edgar Hull Jr. (February 20, 1904 – October 25, 1984), was a

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. He was part of the founding faculty of the

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, and later served as Dean of the Louisiana State University School of Medicine at Shreveport (now the

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). Hull died in Pascagoula, Mississippi, at the age of eighty, and was interred at Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans.''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' bases its sketch of Dr. Hull on his memoirs; ''Directory of Medical Specialists,'' XIII (1968-1969); ''Louisiana's Family Doctor'', XIII (1966), 18-21; ''American Men and Women of Science'', 13th ed., III (1976); ''

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'', obituary, October 27, 1984; and ''Orleans Parish Medical Society Bulletin'', (December 1984). Hull's public comments on Long's death were carried in ''L.S.U. Medical Alumni News'' (Fall 1983); the ''Times-Picayune'' carried a report on Hull, December 20, 1983; the

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followed suit on December 21, 1983, with a Shreveport dateline.

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