ORGANIZATION

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Founded in 1902 at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago.

Official Website:
http://www.alphaomegaalpha.org/

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. Michael Bishop	Scientist	22-Feb-1936		Genetic causes of cancer
Otis R. Bowen	Politician	26-Feb-1918		Governor of Indiana, 1973-81
Michael S. Brown	Biologist	13-Apr-1941		Metabolism of cholesterol
Benjamin S. Carson	Doctor	18-Sep-1951		Neurosurgeon
Michael DeBakey	Doctor	7-Sep-1908		Pioneering heart surgeon
Gerald M. Edelman	Scientist	1-Jul-1929		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		President, Scripps Research Institute
John Mendelsohn	Biologist	31-Aug-1936		Cancer researcher
Gilbert S. Omenn	Business	30-Aug-1941		Professor, University of Michigan
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)
Samuel O. Thier	Doctor	23-Jun-1937		CEO of Massachusetts General, 1996-2002
Dave Weldon	Politician	31-Aug-1953		Congressman, Florida 15th

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