Dov Boros was born in 1932 in Budapest, Hungary. His father conscripted and forced to work in a copper mine in Siberia. Dov, his mother, and his younger brother remained in Budapest, eventually moving into a Judenhaus. Dov experienced several “near-misses” with the Gestapo and the Arrow Cross, during which he was taken into custody but ultimately released. Dov’s mother obtained forged Spanish visas, which offered limited protection. The family finally chose to enter the Budapest ghetto because they had nowhere else to go. Shortly before the ghetto was to be liquidated, Budapest was liberated by the Soviet Army. Soon after, Dov’s father returned.

The family moved to Romania and later to Israel. Dov earned a PhD at Hebrew University and came to the United States in 1968, where he was a medical school professor in Cleveland and later Detroit. Dov moved to the Chicago area to spend his retirement closer to his children and grandchildren.

In 1949, Dov made Aliyah to Israel with Hashomer Ha’Tzair peers, joining Kibbutz Dalia. He later earned a doctorate in Immunology from Hebrew University. After unsuccessful postdoctoral opportunities in Israel, he moved his family to Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where he conducted groundbreaking research with Ken Warren at Case Western Reserve University, and later pioneered work on granulomatous responses at Wayne State University in Detroit 

A man of intellect and culture, Dov was deeply devoted to his family, inspiring his children Gabriella (Eric Bergson) and Daphna (Rob) Stepen, and grandchildren Anna, Jacob, Noah, and Becky. He was remembered for his humor, wisdom, and love of literature, art, philosophy, and classical music