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.