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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Donald A. Henderson

Title:

Dean, School of Hygiene & Public Health

Affiliation:

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore,Maryland 21205 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2016

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1986

Citation:

"For his leading role as chief architect and implementer of the World Health Organization's successful global eradication of smallpox."

Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on March 12, 1986.

 

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