The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Mary Ellen Avery
Title:
Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston,Massachusetts 02115 USA
Gender:
Female
Year Deceased:
2011
Award Discipline:
Biological Sciences
Award Year:
1991
Citation:
"For her discovery of the major cause of respiratory distress syndrome of premature infants and the straegies for treatment and prevention."
Presented by President Bush at a White House Rose Garden Ceremony on September 16, 1991.