Harry M. Meyer Jr German Measles vaccine developer
Meyer co-developed the vaccine for rubella.
From This is True for 26 August 2001
medicine
Doctors and medical researchers
Donald E. Campbell Small town physician
An old-time family doctor, you have likely seen what he looks like.
From This is True for 13 May 2001
Michael Smith Cancer researcher
Smith died from one of the diseases he was working to cure.
From This is True for 1 October 2000
Keith Reemtsma “Hawkeye Pierce” model
Reemtsma was the model for the M*A*S*H character Dr. Hawkeye Pierce.
From This is True for 25 June 2000
Nise da Silveira Psychiatrist
A Brazilian psychiatrist, da Silveira invented art therapy.
From This is True for 31 October 1999
William Eckert Forensic pathologist
Ecker brought legitimacy and stature to the profession of forensic pathology.
From This is True for 19 September 1999
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