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Citizenship
  
American

Fields
  
Scientific Research


Name
  
Thomas Maren

Alma mater
  
Princeton UniversityJohns Hopkins University

Known for
  
Inventing Trusopt,serving in World War II

Notable awards
  
Honorary Doctorate fromUppsala University in Sweden

Died
  
August 15, 1999, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States

Education
  
Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University

Institutions
  
University of Florida

Thomas H. Maren


Thomas H. Maren (1918 – August 15, 1999) was a professor of medicine at the University of Florida. He was the founding father for the University of Florida College of Medicine, and he invented Trusopt to help people with glaucoma.

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Life and death

Maren was born in New York City, and he served the war effort in World War II. He was educated at Princeton University, and received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University.

Maren died at the age of 81 of heart failure.

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in chemistry from Princeton University in 1938.
  • Medical degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1951.

    • Awards

  • Hopkins Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award.
  • Honorary Doctorate from Uppsala University.
  • Inducted into the Hopkins Society of Scholars.

    • References

    Thomas H. Maren Wikipedia
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