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Harvard Medical School
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Part of Harvard University.
Location:
Cambridge, MA
Founding Date:
1782 Official Website:
http://hms.harvard.edu/hms/ STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Tenley Albright |
Figure Skating |
18-Jul-1935 |
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Olympic figure skater, Gold Medal in 1956 |
| Christian Anfinsen |
Chemist |
26-Mar-1916 |
14-May-1995 |
Protein structure and folding |
| Jacob Bigelow |
Botanist |
27-Feb-1787 |
10-Jan-1879 |
American Medical Botany |
| J. Michael Bishop |
Scientist |
22-Feb-1936 |
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Genetic causes of cancer |
| Walter Bradford Cannon |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1871 |
1-Oct-1945 |
Fight or flight response |
| Letitia G. Carlson |
Relative |
c. 1960 |
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George Washington University Medical Center |
| Robert Coles |
Psychiatrist |
12-Oct-1929 |
|
Children of Crisis |
| Michael Crichton |
Novelist |
23-Oct-1942 |
4-Nov-2008 |
Jurassic Park |
| Jean Dausset |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1916 |
6-Jun-2009 |
Recognition of HLA antigens |
| Martin R. Delany |
Activist |
6-May-1812 |
24-Jan-1885 |
Black nationalist |
| John F. Fitzgerald |
Politician |
11-Feb-1863 |
2-Oct-1950 |
Twice Mayor of Boston |
| Bill Frist |
Politician |
22-Feb-1952 |
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US Senate Majority Leader, 2003-07 |
| D. Carleton Gajdusek |
Scientist |
9-Sep-1923 |
12-Dec-2008 |
Kuru (slow virus infections) |
| John H. Gibbon, Jr. |
Doctor |
29-Sep-1903 |
5-Feb-1973 |
Open-heart surgery |
| Laurie H. Glimcher |
Educator |
c. 1950 |
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Professor of Immunology at Harvard |
| Ernest Gruening |
Politician |
6-Feb-1887 |
26-Jun-1974 |
US Senator from Alaska, 1959-69 |
| Margaret A. Hamburg |
Government |
1955 |
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FDA Commissioner |
| Bernadine P. Healy |
Doctor |
4-Aug-1944 |
6-Aug-2011 |
President, American Red Cross, 1999-2001 |
| David Ho |
Doctor |
3-Nov-1952 |
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AIDS researcher |
| Charles B. Huggins |
Scientist |
22-Sep-1901 |
12-Jan-1997 |
Hormonal treatment of prostate and breast cancers |
| William James |
Philosopher |
11-Jan-1842 |
26-Aug-1910 |
The Principles of Psychology |
| Eric R. Kandel |
Scientist |
7-Nov-1929 |
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system |
| Jim Yong Kim |
Administrator |
8-Dec-1959 |
|
President of the World Bank |
| Charles Krauthammer |
Columnist |
13-Mar-1950 |
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Washington Post columnist |
| Robert S. Langer |
Chemist |
29-Aug-1948 |
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Institute Professor at MIT |
| Risa Lavizzo-Mourey |
Doctor |
1954 |
|
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| Philip Leder |
Biologist |
19-Nov-1934 |
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Harvard Geneticist |
| John Mack |
Psychiatrist |
4-Oct-1929 |
27-Sep-2004 |
A Prince of Our Disorder |
| Barbara J. McNeil |
Educator |
c. 1940 |
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Harvard Professor of Health Care Policy |
| John Mendelsohn |
Biologist |
31-Aug-1936 |
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Cancer researcher |
| Karl Menninger |
Psychiatrist |
22-Jul-1893 |
18-Jul-1990 |
The Human Mind |
| George R. Minot |
Doctor |
2-Dec-1885 |
25-Feb-1950 |
Liver therapy for pernicious anemia |
| Siddhartha Mukherjee |
Doctor |
1970 |
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The Emperor of All Maladies |
| William P. Murphy |
Scientist |
6-Feb-1892 |
9-Oct-1987 |
Liver therapy for pernicious anemia |
| Joseph E. Murray |
Doctor |
1-Apr-1919 |
26-Nov-2012 |
Kidney transplants |
| Woodrow A. Myers, Jr. |
Doctor |
14-Feb-1954 |
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EVP at Wellpoint, 2000-05 |
| Gilbert S. Omenn |
Business |
30-Aug-1941 |
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Professor, University of Michigan |
| David C. Page |
Biologist |
6-Jul-1956 |
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Director, Whitehead Institute |
| Frederick C. Robbins |
Scientist |
25-Aug-1916 |
4-Aug-2003 |
Cultured the polio virus |
| George D. Snell |
Scientist |
19-Dec-1903 |
6-Jun-1996 |
Recognition of HLA antigens |
| Alfred Sommer |
Doctor |
1942 |
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SPH Dean at Johns Hopkins, 1990-2005 |
| Jill Stein |
Doctor |
14-May-1950 |
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Green Party presidential candidate, 2012 and 2016 |
| Ralph M. Steinman |
Biologist |
14-Jan-1943 |
30-Sep-2011 |
Dendritic cells |
| Thomas P. Stossel |
Doctor |
c. 1941 |
|
Professor, Harvard Medical School |
| John M. Templeton, Jr. |
Relative |
19-Feb-1940 |
16-May-2015 |
Conservative philanthropist |
| E. Donnall Thomas |
Scientist |
15-Mar-1920 |
20-Oct-2012 |
Bone marrow transplants |
| Lewis Thomas |
Doctor |
25-Nov-1913 |
3-Dec-1993 |
The Lives of a Cell |
| Edgar Wayburn |
Activist |
17-Sep-1906 |
5-Mar-2010 |
Conservationist, Sierra Club president |
| Thomas H. Weller |
Scientist |
15-Jun-1915 |
23-Aug-2008 |
Cultured the polio virus |
| David Wu |
Politician |
8-Apr-1955 |
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Congressman from Oregon, 1999-2011 |
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Christian Anfinsen |
Chemist |
26-Mar-1916 |
14-May-1995 |
Protein structure and folding |
| Dennis A. Ausiello |
Doctor |
c. 1945 |
|
Massachusetts General Hospital |
| John C. Baldwin |
Doctor |
c. 1949 |
|
Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech |
| Baruj Benacerraf |
Scientist |
29-Oct-1920 |
2-Aug-2011 |
Gene control of HLA antigens |
| Jacob Bigelow |
Botanist |
27-Feb-1787 |
10-Jan-1879 |
American Medical Botany |
| Linda B. Buck |
Biologist |
29-Jan-1947 |
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Odorant receptors and olfactory organization |
| Helen Caldicott |
Activist |
7-Aug-1938 |
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Anti-nuclear crusader |
| Walter Bradford Cannon |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1871 |
1-Oct-1945 |
Fight or flight response |
| Sanjiv Chopra |
Doctor |
9-Sep-1949 |
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Dr. Chopra Says |
| Carl Cori |
Scientist |
5-Dec-1896 |
20-Oct-1984 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Victor J. Dzau |
Doctor |
1946 |
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CEO of Duke University Health System |
| Stephen G. Emerson |
Educator |
c. 1952 |
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President, Haverford College |
| Erik Erikson |
Psychologist |
15-Jun-1902 |
12-May-1994 |
Eight Stages of Development |
| John H. Gibbon, Jr. |
Doctor |
29-Sep-1903 |
5-Feb-1973 |
Open-heart surgery |
| Laurie H. Glimcher |
Educator |
c. 1950 |
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Professor of Immunology at Harvard |
| Jim Yong Kim |
Administrator |
8-Dec-1959 |
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President of the World Bank |
| Philip Leder |
Biologist |
19-Nov-1934 |
|
Harvard Geneticist |
| Fritz Lipmann |
Scientist |
12-Jun-1899 |
24-Jul-1986 |
Carbohydrate oxidation |
| John Mack |
Psychiatrist |
4-Oct-1929 |
27-Sep-2004 |
A Prince of Our Disorder |
| Roderick MacKinnon |
Biologist |
19-Feb-1956 |
|
Ion channels of cell membranes |
| Robert L. Martensen |
Doctor |
1-Jan-1947 |
26-Sep-2013 |
The Brain Takes Shape: An Early History |
| Joseph B. Martin |
Doctor |
1938 |
|
Dean, Harvard Medical School, 1997-2007 |
| Barbara J. McNeil |
Educator |
c. 1940 |
|
Harvard Professor of Health Care Policy |
| George R. Minot |
Doctor |
2-Dec-1885 |
25-Feb-1950 |
Liver therapy for pernicious anemia |
| William P. Murphy |
Scientist |
6-Feb-1892 |
9-Oct-1987 |
Liver therapy for pernicious anemia |
| Joseph E. Murray |
Doctor |
1-Apr-1919 |
26-Nov-2012 |
Kidney transplants |
| O'Dell M. Owens |
Doctor |
c. 1947 |
|
Coroner of Hamilton County, Ohio |
| Julius B. Richmond |
Government |
26-Sep-1916 |
27-Jul-2008 |
US Surgeon General, 1977-81 |
| Frederick C. Robbins |
Scientist |
25-Aug-1916 |
4-Aug-2003 |
Cultured the polio virus |
| John W. Rowe |
Business |
20-Jun-1944 |
|
CEO of Aetna, 2000-06 |
| Charles A. Sanders |
Business |
10-Feb-1932 |
|
CEO of Glaxo, 1989-95 |
| Thomas P. Stossel |
Doctor |
c. 1941 |
|
Professor, Harvard Medical School |
| Louis Wade Sullivan |
Government |
3-Nov-1933 |
|
US Secretary of HHS, 1989-93 |
| Jack W. Szostak |
Scientist |
9-Nov-1952 |
|
First artificial chromosome |
| Samuel O. Thier |
Doctor |
23-Jun-1937 |
|
CEO of Massachusetts General, 1996-2002 |
| E. Donnall Thomas |
Scientist |
15-Mar-1920 |
20-Oct-2012 |
Bone marrow transplants |
| Thomas H. Weller |
Scientist |
15-Jun-1915 |
23-Aug-2008 |
Cultured the polio virus |
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