ORGANIZATION

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Baruj Benacerraf	Scientist	29-Oct-1920	2-Aug-2011	Gene control of HLA antigens
Richard Bloch	Business	15-Feb-1926	21-Jul-2004	H&R Block, cancer activist
Thomas R. Cech	Chemist	8-Dec-1947		Proved enzyme role of RNA
Gertrude B. Elion	Scientist	23-Jan-1918	21-Feb-1999	Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, AIDS
Michael A. Friedman	Doctor	c. 1944		Oncologist, City of Hope
Robert C. Gallo	Doctor	23-Mar-1937		Identified first retroviruses in humans
Jane E. Henney	Doctor	c. 1947		FDA Commissioner, 1998-2001
Leroy Hood	Biologist	10-Oct-1938		Systems biology and Human Genome Project
Mary Lasker	Activist	30-Nov-1900	21-Feb-1994	Health care advocate
Richard A. Lerner	Biologist	28-Aug-1938		Scripps Research Institute
John Mendelsohn	Biologist	31-Aug-1936		Cancer researcher
Barbara K. Rimer	Doctor	c. 1949		Dean, UNC School of Public Health
Albert Sabin	Biologist	26-Aug-1906	3-Mar-1993	Developed oral polio vaccine
Wendell M. Stanley	Chemist	16-Aug-1904	15-Jun-1971	First to crystallize a virus
Howard M. Temin	Scientist	10-Dec-1934	9-Feb-1994	Tumor viruses and host genetics
E. Donnall Thomas	Scientist	15-Mar-1920	20-Oct-2012	Bone marrow transplants
Harold E. Varmus	Scientist	18-Dec-1939		Genetic causes of cancer
Kenneth S. Yalowitz	Diplomat	28-May-1941		US Ambassador to Georgia, 1998-2001

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