Dr. Goran Enhorning, 88, Vero Beach

Dr. Goran Enhorning, 88, died Jan. 25, 2013.

He was born in Birkdale, England, and moved to Vero Beach in 2004, coming from Buffalo, N.Y.

He and his wife were the owners of the Surf and Sand Oceanfront Resort, Vero Beach, from 1991 to 2002.

He was a graduate of the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, where he received his doctorate in 1961, and was awarded a Fulbright Grant and spent three years doing pulmonary research in Utah and California.

After seven years in Sweden, he became a professor at the University of Toronto, Canada, in 1971, and later in Buffalo, N.Y., where he retired as professor of medicine with the State University of New York at Buffalo.

He served at the Swedish Red Cross Hospital of Korea in 1952 and 1954.

He was awarded the Syngman Rhee medal and the World War II Medal of Freedom.

Survivors include his wife, Louise; sons, Ulf Enhorning, of Sweden and Dag Enhorning and Peder Enhorning, both of Toronto; daughter, Marianne Enhorning, of Comox, British Columbia; and six grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Dr. Goran Enhorning Foundation for Pulmonary Research, c/o UB Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 730, Buffalo, NY 14226-0730.

Services will be in Sweden in May and in Canada in the summer.

Arrangements are by Lowther Cremation Service, Vero Beach.

A guest book is available at www.lowthercremationservice.com.

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