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American physician, university professor, research scientist and inventor. Cade 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.

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.

He died on 27 November 2007, aged 80, in Gainesville, Florida.

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• Death, Cause unspecified 27 November 2007 (Age 80

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  Robert Cade

  American medical doctor, nephrologist, research scientist, inventor of Gatorade

  Robert Cade
  Cade in the 1960s
  Born	(1927-09-26)September 26, 1927 San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
  Died	November 27, 2007(2007-11-27) (aged 80) Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
  Alma mater	B.S., University of Texas, 1950 M.D., Southwestern Medical, 1954
  Occupations	Physician professor scientist inventor
  Known for	Invention of Gatorade
  Spouse	Mary Strasburger
  Children	Michael, Stephen, Martha, Celia, Emily & Phoebe
  Scientific career
  Fields	Medicine Nephrology
  Institutions	University of Florida

  James Robert Cade (September 26, 1927 – November 27, 2007) was an American physician, university professor, research scientist and inventor. Cade, a native of Texas, earned his bachelor and medical degrees at the University of Texas, and became a professor of medicine and nephrology at the University of Florida. Although Cade

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Dr. James Robert Cade

Dr. James Robert Cade

James Robert Cade was born in San Antonio, Texas. After High School his mother gave him the choice of either college or the service. He joined the Navy and became a pharmacist’s mate. After the Navy he not only went to college but graduated from Medical School.

Widely known as the uppfinnare of Gatorade, this 1965 invention used the University of Florida Gator Football Team as research subjects. The purpose of Gatorade was to replenish fluids and electrolytes lost to sweat during intense activity. This enskild invention launched the sports drink industry.

Dr. Cade was a modern renaissance man. He was a researcher, a physician, a musician, and restorer of old automobiles. Cade was also known for his collection of vintage Studebakers. But more than Gatorade, medicin or vintage autos, Dr. Cade was widely known for his generosity, from supplying rowing boats to funding medical school students. He even needed to borrow money to pay his ow