Jon van Rood explained

Johannes Joseph "Jon" van Rood (7 April 1926, Scheveningen – 21 July 2017) was a Dutch immunologist. He founded Eurotransplant in 1967,^[1] a non-profit organization responsible for encouraging and coordinating organ transplants.

Awards

In 1977 van Rood was awarded the Robert Koch Prize.^[2] In 1978, he was awarded the Wolf Prize in Medicine, jointly with George D. Snell and Jean Dausset, "for his contribution to the understanding of the complexity of the HLA system in man and its implications in transplantation and in disease."^[3] Van Rood was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1978.^[4] In 1989 he was awarded the Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine.^[5]

Death

He died on 21 July 2017 in Leeuwarden.^[6]

Publications (sel.)

• Johannes Joseph van Rood: Leucocyte grouping. Den Haag, 1962 (Dissertation Leiden University)

External links

• Profile at KNAW
• Geoff Watts Obituary Johannes Joseph van Rood The Lancet, 11 November 2017, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32739-3

Notes and References

1. http://www.eurotransplant.org/cms/index.php?page=history History
2. Web site: Robert Koch Stiftung - Robert-Koch-Preis. Robert-koch-stiftung.de. 10 November 2017.
3. http://www.wolffund.org.il/cat.asp?id=24&cat_title=MEDICINE The Wolf Prize in Medicine
4. Web site: Jon van Rood . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055210/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/4713 . Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences . 4 March 2016.
5. Web site: Laureates 1976 to 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200331090401/https://jung-stiftung.de/en/the-awards/ernst-jung-prize-for-medicine/laureates-1976-to-2018/ . Ernst Jung Foundation . 31 March 2020.
6. Web site: Oprichter Eurotransplant overleden. Telegraaf.nl. 29 July 2017. 29 July 2017. nl. Founder Eurotransplant died. https://web.archive.org/web/20170731153815/http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/28791512/__Oprichter_Eurotransplant_overleden__.html. 31 July 2017. dead.