r-d ------ - ----, _-- .~. " OCTOBER 13, 19s .AWARD OF THE GOLD MEDAL OF THE NE YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE `. THE Gold lIeda for distinguished service in ms tine of the Xew York Academy of Xedicizre w SCIEi?CE lujtitute for Xedicnl Research,. at a meeting of the ,,,~:~demy on October 5. This is the first time the medal has been awarded .iuce 193s. The previous recipients of the award are:~- Dr. Carl Roller __.._._.._..___....... - ._-_. - . . . ..___ 1930 . . Dr. David Marine -----_ 1931 Dr. Charles Norris - .._._ -_.--...z_ 1934 Dr. Alfred Newton Richards _.__ .1936 ;- Dr. Bela Schick -.-_~__- 1938. The citation delivered by the president of the acad- ~IIIZ') Dr. Arthur Freeborn Chace, follows: -. `. discoveries and great advances in the science of bacteriol- bg;p. X'ith Dochez, in 1917, you discovered the "sol- uble specific substance ' ' of the pnenmococcus, and in the early twenties you revealed that it was a polysaceharide different from each of the three types of pneumococei~ studied. But you have persisted. for years in pour quiet; modest way, and have ever given credit to others. During this present year with Xac Leod and YacCarty, you have studied the transformation of one type. of. pneumck coccus into another and isolated the "transforming, p+; ciple ' ' as a thymonucleic acid This discovery hasiFeryc far-reaching implications for the general &e&e- of bi- -. .-x _.. 1 ology. Dr. Oswald T. Avery, for `more thk thirty*`iears' you- I have the pleasure and the honor of &$&ig- -I. to you the Medal of `I'he New York hcademy .of %I&li~~ `- have been on the staff of the Rockefeller Institute for .cine, which is awarded to one who has contributed in a . . -:. Xedical Research; and your investigationshave led .to.' distinguished way to,&e,progress. of medicine &y-.- .:. .__ - ,_" ! ,.; &$J&&.: _' .: __ _ _ .:r . ;_ I' ..- .; :. r f' .-..