William Eckert Forensic pathologist
Ecker brought legitimacy and stature to the profession of forensic pathology.
From This is True for 19 September 1999
medicine
Doctors and medical researchers
Ernst Wynder Smoking gun cancer researcher
Wynder proved the link between cigarette smoking and cancer.
From This is True for 11 July 1999
Paul M. Zoll Defibrillator inventor
Zoll is behind the external defibrillator, and the the first practical cardiac pacemaker.
From This is True for 3 January 1999
Drs. Jonathan Mann and Mary Lou Clements-Mann Disease specialists
Mann and his wife were prominent disease researchers.
From This is True for 30 August 1998
LeRoy Edgar Burney Surgeon general
Burney was the first Surgeon General with enough guts to go up against Big Tobacco.
From This is True for 2 August 1998
Aram Glorig Hearing aid designer
Glorig researched safe noise level standards to help save everyone’s hearing from damage.
From This is True for 28 June 1998