Spouse Alice M. Waterhouse Name James Shannon | ||
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Born August 9, 1904New York City, New York ( 1904-08-09 ) Alma mater College of the Holy CrossNew York University (Ph.D., 1929) Children Alice Shannon StolzbergJ. Anthony Shannon Died May 20, 1994, Balti, Maryland, United States Notable awards Public Welfare Medal (1962), National Medal of Science (1974) | ||
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James Augustine Shannon (9 August 1904 – 20 May 1994) was an American nephrologist who served as director of National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1955-1968. In 1962 he was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. A collection of his papers is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.
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