Alan Gregg (physician) explained

Alan Gregg
Birth Place:Colorado Springs, Colorado
Birth Date:July 11, 1890
Death Place:Big Sur, California
Prizes:Lasker Award

Alan Gregg (1890–1957) was an American physician active in the fields of public health, medical education and research.[1] [2] [3] [4] Gregg worked at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City from 1919 until he retired in 1956, in that time spending 20 years as Director of the Medical Sciences Division and finishing his career as the foundation's vice president.[5] [4] During his career, he helped develop the United States' now predominant model for funding medical research.[4] [6] Rockefeller grants that he championed helped finance the development of sulfanilamide and penicillin,[5] some of the first antibiotic drugs.

In 1940 he gave a Terry Lecture on the topic of medical research.[7] Throughout his career, he declined many honorary degrees and awards because he did not want to be in the position of later giving a grant to an award donor.[5] However, in 1956, after his retirement, he accepted a special Lasker Award that recognized his contributions to medicine.[1] [8] He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,[5] an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and received the French Legion of Honor.[2] He was an elected member of both the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[9] [10] In 1958, after his death, the American Association of Medical Colleges inaugurated a lecture series named in his honor.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Alan Gregg Papers: Biographical Information . Profiles in Science . U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health . 6 August 2019.
  2. Web site: People: Alan Gregg . The Rockefeller Foundation: A Digital History . The Rockefeller Archive Center.
  3. Medicine: Public-Health Statesman. 1956-11-26. Time.
  4. Web site: The Alan Gregg Papers . Profiles in Science . U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health . 6 August 2019.
  5. News: ALAN GREGG DIES; MEDICAL LEADER . 7 August 2019 . The New York Times . June 21, 1957 . 25.
  6. Book: Schneider . William H. . Rockefeller Philanthropy and Modern Biomedicine: International Initiatives from World War I to the Cold War . 2002 . Indiana University Press . 9780253109606 . 7–60 . 6 August 2019 . The Men Who Followed Flexner: Richard Pearce, Alan Gregg, and the Rockefeller Foundation Medical Divisions, 1919-1951.
  7. Web site: Previous Lectureships . The Dwight H. Terry Lectureship . Yale University . 6 August 2019.
  8. News: A WELL-EARNED AWARD . 7 August 2019 . The New York Times . November 3, 1956 . 22.
  9. Web site: APS Member History . 2023-04-06 . search.amphilsoc.org.
  10. Web site: Alan Gregg . 2023-04-06 . American Academy of Arts & Sciences . en.
  11. Web site: Alan Gregg Memorial Lecture . American Association of Medical Colleges . 9 August 2019 . Named in honor of the late Alan Gregg, American physician, educator, and philanthropist, this lecture was presented for the first time at the 1958 annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges..

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