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		Olympic figure skater, Gold Medal in 1956
Christian Anfinsen	Chemist	26-Mar-1916	14-May-1995	Protein structure and folding
J. Michael Bishop	Scientist	22-Feb-1936		Genetic causes of cancer
Walter Bradford Cannon	Scientist	19-Oct-1871	1-Oct-1945	Fight or flight response
Letitia G. Carlson	Relative	c. 1960		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
Bill Frist	Politician	22-Feb-1952		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		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		FDA Commissioner
Bernadine P. Healy	Doctor	4-Aug-1944		President, American Red Cross, 1999-2001
David Ho	Doctor	3-Nov-1952		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
Charles Krauthammer	Columnist	13-Mar-1950		Washington Post columnist
Robert S. Langer	Chemist	29-Aug-1948		Institute Professor at MIT
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey	Doctor	1954		Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Philip Leder	Biologist	19-Nov-1934		Harvard Geneticist
John Mack	Psychiatrist	4-Oct-1929	27-Sep-2004	A Prince of Our Disorder
Barbara J. McNeil	Educator	c. 1940		Harvard Professor of Health Care Policy
John Mendelsohn	Biologist	31-Aug-1936		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
William P. Murphy	Scientist	6-Feb-1892	9-Oct-1987	Liver therapy for pernicious anemia
Joseph E. Murray	Doctor	1-Apr-1919		Kidney transplants
Woodrow A. Myers, Jr.	Doctor	14-Feb-1954		EVP at Wellpoint, 2000-05
Gilbert S. Omenn	Business	30-Aug-1941		Professor, University of Michigan
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		SPH Dean at Johns Hopkins, 1990-2005
Thomas P. Stossel	Doctor	c. 1941		Professor, Harvard Medical School
John M. Templeton, Jr.	Relative	19-Feb-1940		Conservative philanthropist
E. Donnall Thomas	Scientist	15-Mar-1920		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		Congressman, Oregon 1st

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		Gene control of HLA antigens
Jacob Bigelow	Botanist	27-Feb-1786	10-Jan-1879	American Medical Botany
Linda B. Buck	Biologist	29-Jan-1947		Odorant receptors and olfactory organization
Helen Caldicott	Activist	7-Aug-1938		Anti-nuclear crusader
Walter Bradford Cannon	Scientist	19-Oct-1871	1-Oct-1945	Fight or flight response
Carl Cori	Scientist	5-Dec-1896	20-Oct-1984	Catalytic conversion of glycogen
Victor J. Dzau	Doctor	1946		CEO of Duke University Health System
Stephen G. Emerson	Educator	c. 1952		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		Professor of Immunology at Harvard
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
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		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	c. 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		Bone marrow transplants
Thomas H. Weller	Scientist	15-Jun-1915	23-Aug-2008	Cultured the polio virus

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul A. Friedman	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Incyte
Cleve L. Killingsworth	Business	5-Jun-1952		Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Philip Leder	Biologist	19-Nov-1934		Harvard Geneticist
Joseph B. Martin	Doctor	1938		Dean, Harvard Medical School, 1997-2007
Barbara J. McNeil	Educator	c. 1940		Harvard Professor of Health Care Policy
Alvin F. Poussaint	Doctor	15-May-1934		Child-rearing expert
Paul E. Singer	Business	1944		Billionaire, vulture capitalist

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