Title:

Physician-in-Chief and Robert A. Stranahan Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital

Affiliation:

Harvard Medical School

300 Longwood Avenue

Boston,Massachusetts 02115 USA

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1990

Citation:

"For his contributions to the understanding of the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of thalassemia; for his contributions to the understanding of disorders of red cell permeability; for his contributions to the understanding of the regulation of erythropoiesis; and for his contributions to the raining of a generation of hematologists and oncologists."

Presented by President Bush at a White House East Room Ceremony on November 13, 1990.