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The Michael Heidelberger Papers

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[Michael Heidelberger]
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CAPTION: WINNER OF A 1978 ALBERT LASKER CLINICAL MEDICAL RESEARCH AWARD - Dr. Michael Heidelberger, Adjunct Professor of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, who is a winner of a 1978 Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award, it was announced today (Tuesday, November 21) by Mrs. Albert D. Lasker, President of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. Dr. Heidelberger won his Award for his studies in immunochemistry, which provided the scientific basis from which other scientists have now developed today's practical vaccines against pneumonia and meningitis infections caused by pneumococcal bacteria. Dr. Heidelberger shares the $15,000 Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award with Dr. Robert Austrian of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia; and with Dr. Emil C. Gotschlich of the Rockefeller University, New York City.
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1 (233,414 Bytes)
Date:
1978-11-21 (November 21, 1978)
Creator:
Lasker Foundation
Source:
MS C 415, Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation - Albert Lasker Awards Archives, 1944- , Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, USA.
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IHM Order Number: B09708
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of the Lasker Foundation.
URL: http://www.laskerfoundation.org/
Subject:
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
Awards and Prizes
Exhibit Category:
"If I Have a Few More Years to Work, I'm Going Ahead": An Active Retirement, 1954-1991
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DHBBFN
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Physical Condition:
Good
Metadata Last Modified Date:
2006-06-08
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