Taken from a nomination letter for Dr. Simeone:
Dr. Fred Simeone is a highly accomplished American
neurosurgeon. He won numerous accolades in medicine in addition to saving
countless lives. Fred has over the years developed interests in many other
endeavors. These have included music, the arts, and a general attraction to all
manner of civic-minded activities in his native Philadelphia. That is not by
itself unusual. Many people who are accomplished in the upper echelons of
intellectually and physically demanding disciplines find solace in disparate
but equally challenging avocations. But few have transformed what was once a
pastime into a full-fledged second career and then become as successful with
that as with the first.
Fred Simeone’s passion for fine automobiles is not new. He
is a second generation “car guy” and parlayed his boyhood delights into a
systematic approach to collecting. Surgery requires thoughtful research on each
individual case followed by precise and decisive action. Dr. Simeone has
approached automobile history from a similar depth. He has championed the
notion that the automotive collector and museum community primary role is the stewardship
of this important artifact and that future generations will assess how well
that task has been accomplished. Through the words of his books and articles on
the subject and such deeds as the establishment of the Simeone Foundation
Automotive he has eloquently set the community on the proper path. The award
winning museum has rapidly become a nexus for creating dialogue between the
machines and the people behind them on the one hand and the broader society on
the other. Fred is guiding this along with the same devotion as he provided to
his many patients. Thanks to him, the field of automotive history is in goods
hands.
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