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Dr. Jerry trained "barefoot doctors" to treat patients in villages connected only by footpaths through the jungle. He worked tirelessly to build schools and boarding homes for the Batwa Pygmies, whom he described as the "poorest of the poor."

His work in the Congo was recognized in 2005 when the Marquette Medical Alumni Association presented him with the Humanitarian Award. The award recognized his unselfish service to thousands of Pygmy and Bantu people.

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