James Wyngaarden | |
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 James B. Wyngaarden and David Korn, former Chairman of the National Cancer Advisory Board, National Cancer Institute.
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| 12th Director of the National Institutes of Health | |
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In office April 29, 1982 – July 31, 1989 |
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| President |
Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Donald Fredrickson |
| Succeeded by | Bernadine Healy |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
James Barnes Wyngaarden
October 19, 1924 Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Died | June 14, 2019 (aged 94) Durham, North Carolina |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | purine biosynthesis and the genetics of gout |
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James Barnes Wyngaarden (October 19, 1924 – June 14, 2019) was an American physician, researcher and academic administrator. He was a co-editor of Cecil Textbook of Medicine, one of the leading internal medicine texts, and served as director of National Institutes of Health between 1982 and 1989. He had four daughters and one son.
Wyngaarden was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
External links
- James B. Wyngaarden Papers at Duke University Medical Center Archives
- National Institutes of Health death announcement
- Appearances on C-SPAN