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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.

 

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