Title:

Letter from Reginald M. Atwater, American Public Health Association to Michael Heidelberger

Creator:

Atwater, Reginald M.
American Public Health Association

Recipient:

Heidelberger, Michael

Date:

11 May 1953

Description:

Heidelberger won an Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research--often called "America's Nobel Prize" because of its prestige and because of the several laureates who have gone on to receive the Nobel Prize as well--in 1953. He was cited "for decisive contributions in developing a new subscience--the precise measuring tool of immunochemistry." Atwater himself would win the Lasker Award (posthumously) in 1958.

Location:

Box: 1. Folder: 7

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of David S. Atwater.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Awards and Prizes

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

DHBBDG

NLM ID:

101584940X47

Profiles Collection:

The Michael Heidelberger Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X47

Story Section:

Biographical Information