Title:

Michael Heidelberger

Creator:

Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation

Date:

21 November 1978

Description:

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.

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Lasker Foundation. and http://www.laskerfoundation.org/

Genre:

Photographic prints
Portraits

Subject:

Awards and Prizes

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy Source Citation:

Free Text. 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.. Free Text. This image may also be accessed from the Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).. URL. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/ihm/. IHM Order Number. B09708

Legacy ID:

DHBBFN

NLM ID:

101584940X73

Profiles Collection:

The Michael Heidelberger Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X73

Story Section:

"If I Have a Few More Years to Work, I'm Going Ahead": An Active Retirement, 1954-1991