George Vande Woude Explained

George Vande Woude
Birth Date:25 December 1935
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.

George F. Vande Woude Jr. (December 25, 1935 – April 13, 2021) was an American cancer researcher, who, from 1999 to 2009,[1] served as the founding director of research at the Van Andel Institute (VAI).[2] He is credited with the 1984 discovery of MET, an oncogene.[3]

Personal life and education

George Vande Woude was born in Brooklyn on December 25, 1935, the son of Alice Leudesdorff Vande Woude and George F. Vande Woude Sr.

George Jr. spent his early childhood living in Queens Village, Queens. He attended Hope College for a year before enlisting in the U.S. Army; during his service he was stationed in Baumholder.[4] Following his military service, he attended Hofstra University, from where he received a Bachelor of Science degree.[5] He went on to receive a Master of Science degree in 1962 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1964, both from Rutgers University.[6] His degrees from Rutgers were in biochemistry, with minors in physical chemistry; he researched under the laboratory of Frank F. Davis.[7] He worked during college by driving a beer truck and operating a floor waxing business with his brother.

While in Queens Village, he lived only a few blocks away from his future wife, Dorothy "Dot".[8] The two were married beginning on April 5, 1959, until her death in Belmont, Michigan on July 30, 2016.[9]

George died on April 13, 2021, aged 85, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, following a battle with Parkinson's disease.

Career

From 1964 to 1972, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate and then a research virologist for the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. He joined the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 1972, serving as head of both the Human Tumor Studies and the Virus Tumor Biochemistry sections.[10] Vande Woude worked in Building 41 at NCI until internal restructuring moved him to the NCI's branch in Frederick, Maryland.[11] [12]

His positions held within the NCI include head of the Human Tumor Studies and the Virus Tumor Biochemistry sections starting in 1972, chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Oncology starting 1980, and from 1983 until 1998 as director of the Advanced Bioscience Laboratories–Basic Research Program at Frederick.[13]

He left the NCI to take the director position at the VAI in 1998.[14] He stepped down from his director position in 2009, but remained in leadership roles at the institute.[15]

Selected honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: George F. Vande Woude, PhD . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210125100115/https://www.bcrf.org/researchers/george-f-vande-woude . 2021-01-25 . 2023-08-28 . Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
  2. Web site: Van Andel Institute's founding Director of Research, Dr. George Vande Woude, receives prestigious scientific award . 2023-08-28 . . en.
  3. Web site: BCRF . 2021-04-16 . BCRF Mourns Loss of Longtime Investigator Dr. George Vande Woude . 2023-08-29 . . en.
  4. Web site: George F. Vande Woude Jr. . April 14, 2021 . 2023-08-28 . . en . Legacy.com.
  5. Jones . Peter A. . 2021-06-01 . George F. Vande Woude: In Memoriam (1935–2021) . Cancer Research . en . 81 . 11 . 2805–2806 . 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-21-1345 . 235305088 . 0008-5472. free .
  6. Web site: 2021-04-15 . In Memoriam: George Vande Woude, Ph.D. (1935-2021) . 2023-08-28 . . en.
  7. Web site: Vande Woude . George F. . Howard L. Bachrach . 2023-08-29 . Biographical Memoirs.
  8. VandeWoude . Sue . Vousden . Karen H. . 2021-12-07 . A celebration of the life of George Vande Woude . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . en . 118 . 49 . 10.1073/pnas.2117952118 . 34845037 . 8670429 . 2021PNAS..11817952V . 0027-8424 . free .
  9. Web site: Dorothy "Dot" Helen Vande Woude . 2023-08-28 . Enders & Shirley Funeral Home . en.
  10. Web site: In Memoriam: George F. Vande Woude . 2023-08-28 . . en.
  11. Enquist . Lynn W. . 2020-10-27 . Sandri-Goldin . Rozanne M. . Biographical Feature: The Long and Winding Road: My Career Path and How I Ended Up Where I Am Now . Journal of Virology . en . 94 . 22 . 10.1128/JVI.01625-20 . 0022-538X . 7592209 . 32907976.
  12. Sherr . Charles J. . 2018-03-04 . Pastimes in Cancer Biology . Annual Review of Cancer Biology . en . 2 . 1 . 1–19 . 10.1146/annurev-cancerbio-030617-050534 . 149295438 . 2472-3428. free .
  13. Web site: February 2014 . Former NCI Researcher, George Vande Woude, Receives AAAS Fellowship Award . 2023-08-29 . Poster . NCI at Frederick.
  14. Garber . Ken . 2001-06-06 . Van Andel Institute Brings Cancer Research to the Heartland . Journal of the National Cancer Institute . en . 93 . 11 . 803–804 . 10.1093/jnci/93.11.803 . 11390525 . 0027-8874.
  15. Web site: Tunison . John . 2021-04-13 . Van Andel Institute founding research director George Vande Woude dies, leaves lasting legacy . 2023-08-29 . . en.
  16. January 1988 . Front Matter . Journal of Virology . 62 . 1.
  17. Web site: History of AACR Publishing . 2023-08-28 . . en.
  18. Web site: George F. Vande Woude . 2023-08-28 . . July 27, 2023 . en.
  19. Duesbery . N. S. . Teh . B. T. . 2007-02-01 . Cancer: biology and therapeutics – A tribute to George Vande Woude . Oncogene . en . 26 . 9 . 1258–1259 . 10.1038/sj.onc.1210257 . 17322909 . 29791302 . 1476-5594. free .
  20. Web site: Fellows Archives 2013 . 2023-08-28 . . 10 . en.
  21. Web site: Science Award . 2023-08-29 . Geoffrey Beene Foundation.
  22. Web site: 2015-03-11 . 2015 Research!America Advocacy Awards . 2023-08-29 . Research!America . en-US.

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