Background
Durand was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of John Durand, a railroad builder and manager, and his wife Martha Boyd Stewart Durand.
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Henry Durand
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He graduated with the Class of 1881, then travelled in Europe.
Career
He prepared for Yale at the Hopkins School. He obtained an Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School in 1888, interned at Massachusetts General Hospital and practiced medicine in Rochester, New New York He contracted an illness in Mexico from which he recovered in Los Angeles, California from 1916 to 1923, and then lived abroad in Nice, Vienna and lastly Paris, where he died in the American Hospital from heart disease.
He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester.
"Bright College Years" was arranged for the 1881 Yale Glee Club, and after the quelling of sentiment after World War I to find another alma mater, Durand"s song has been "the unofficial alma mater that, with handkerchief accompaniment, is a standard element of Commencement, football games, and almost every alumni get-together.".
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March 8, 1929 (aged 67)