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27 november 2007 gainesville , florida michael & phoebe , stephen , martha , celia , emily san antonio , texas united states medicine nephrology university of florida 26 september 1927 invention of gatorade mary strasburger jrobertcade.jpg robert cade
 robert cade b.s. southwestern medical , 1954 , university of texas , 1950 m.d. ,
robert cade

james robert cade -lrb- september 26 , 1927 -- november 27 , 2007 -rrb- was an american physician , university professor , research scientist and inventor .
cade , a native of texas , earned his bachelor and medical degrees , and became a professor of medicine and nephrology at the university of florida .
although cade engaged in many areas of medical research , he is most widely remembered as the leader of the research team that formulated the sports drink gatorade .
gatorade would have significant medical applications for treating dehydration in patients , and has generated over $ 150 million in royalties for the university and untold millions for its inventors .
in his later years , cade became a prominent philanthropist , donating significant sums to charities affiliated with the lutheran church , creating scholarships and donating freely to the university of florida and other colleges and universities , and endowing his own charitable foundations .
