Founded in 1902 at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| J. Michael Bishop |
Scientist |
22-Feb-1936 |
|
Genetic causes of cancer |
| Otis R. Bowen |
Politician |
26-Feb-1918 |
4-May-2013 |
Governor of Indiana, 1973-81 |
| Michael S. Brown |
Biologist |
13-Apr-1941 |
|
Metabolism of cholesterol |
| Benjamin S. Carson |
Doctor |
18-Sep-1951 |
|
Pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins |
| Michael DeBakey |
Doctor |
7-Sep-1908 |
11-Jul-2008 |
Father of cardiovascular surgery |
| Gerald M. Edelman |
Scientist |
1-Jul-1929 |
17-May-2014 |
Chemical structure of antibodies |
| Bill Frist |
Politician |
22-Feb-1952 |
|
US Senate Majority Leader, 2003-07 |
| James R. Gavin III |
Doctor |
c. 1945 |
|
Morehouse School of Medicine |
| Joseph L. Goldstein |
Scientist |
18-Apr-1940 |
|
Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism |
| William N. Kelley |
Doctor |
23-Jun-1939 |
|
Kelley-Seegmiller Syndrome |
| David M. Lawrence |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CEO of Kaiser KHFP, 1991-2002 |
| Richard A. Lerner |
Biologist |
28-Aug-1938 |
|
Scripps Research Institute |
| Roderick MacKinnon |
Biologist |
19-Feb-1956 |
|
Ion channels of cell membranes |
| Victor A. McKusick |
Scientist |
21-Oct-1921 |
22-Jul-2008 |
Father of medical genetics |
| John Mendelsohn |
Biologist |
31-Aug-1936 |
|
Cancer researcher |
| Antonia C. Novello |
Doctor |
23-Aug-1944 |
|
US Surgeon General, 1990-93 |
| Gilbert S. Omenn |
Business |
30-Aug-1941 |
|
Professor, University of Michigan |
| William L. Roper |
Government |
c. 1948 |
|
Director, Centers for Disease Control, 1990-93 |
| Albert Sabin |
Biologist |
26-Aug-1906 |
3-Mar-1993 |
Developed oral polio vaccine |
| David Satcher |
Government |
2-Mar-1941 |
|
US Surgeon General, 1998-2002 |
| Louis Wade Sullivan |
Government |
3-Nov-1933 |
|
US Secretary of HHS, 1989-93 |
| Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. |
Scientist |
19-Nov-1915 |
9-Mar-1974 |
Hormones mechanisms (cyclic AMP) |
| Thomas Szasz |
Psychiatrist |
15-Apr-1920 |
8-Sep-2012 |
Libertarian psychiatrist |
| Samuel O. Thier |
Doctor |
23-Jun-1937 |
|
CEO of Massachusetts General, 1996-2002 |
| Dave Weldon |
Politician |
31-Aug-1953 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1995-2009 |
| John F. Williams, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
VP Health Affairs, George Washington University |
