Citizenship United States Known for In vitro fertilisation Education Columbia University | Name Landrum Shettles Occupation Biologist | |
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Spouse(s) Priscilla Elinor Schmidt (divorced) Died February 6, 2003, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States Books How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby: A Complete Update on the Method Best Supported by the Scientific Evidence | ||
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Landrum Brewer Shettles (November 21, 1909 – February 6, 2003) was a father of vitro fertilization.
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He was born on November 21, 1909 in Pontotoc, Mississippi. He graduated from Mississippi College in 1933. He was awarded a Ph.D. in biology and an M.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He served in the United States Army Medical Corps from 1944 to 1946.
In 1951, he reproduced the experience of John Rock and Miriam Menkin artificially fertilizing eggs. In 1954, he received the annual Markle Prize, from Columbia University.
Shettles described a method to determined the sex of a baby. Using his "Shettles Method" couples who wanted to have a male baby should time intercourse as close as possible to ovulation to allow the faster y-bearing sperm to reach the egg first.
In 1973, he was involved with an IVF controversy, the Del-Zio case, at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. After he resigned from the hospital, he moved to Vermont where he worked at Gifford Medical Center, Randolph, Vermont on cloning. He then moved to Las Vegas to resume work on cloning. He retired from Sunrise Hospital, Las Vegas, Nevada in 2000 and moved to Florida.
He died on February 6, 2003 in St. Petersburg, Florida.