Bronfman Prize for Public Health Achievement (1965)
James D. Bruce Memorial Award (1973)
Edward Jenner Medal (1979)
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Alexander Langmuir discussing his inspiration to pursue public health Recorded June 2, 1979
Alexander Duncan Langmuir (/ˈlæŋmjʊər/; September 12, 1910 – November 22, 1993) was an American epidemiologist who served as Chief Epidemiologist of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1949 to 1970, developing the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) as a training program for epidemiologists.[1]
^Altman, Lawrence K. (24 November 1993). "Alexander Langmuir Dies at 83; Helped Start U.S. Disease Centers". The New York Times. p. 90. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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assigned to Colorado. When Foege was with the EIS, he was inspired by AlexanderLangmuir to pursue global health, and spent a short time with the Peace Corps...
Physics for his development of a mathematical theory of superfluidity. AlexanderLangmuir (1910–1993): American epidemiologist. He is renowned for creating...
Janet Tod. In 1666 we have Alexander Langmure, John Langmuir in 1710, Alexander in 1721, John Langmuir in 1730 and Gabriel Langmuir in 1730, who as stated...
Diseases Division was established. In 1951, Chief Epidemiologist AlexanderLangmuir's warnings of potential biological warfare during the Korean War spurred...
Control and Prevention (CDC). The latter was established in 1951 by AlexanderLangmuir, due to biological warfare concerns arising from the Korean War, it...
658; Langmuir 1972, p. 478 Langmuir 1972, pp. 477–478 Langmuir 1972, p. 479 Langmuir 1972, p. 479; see also Hillaby & Hillaby 2013, p. 658 Langmuir 1972...
composer, lung cancer. Alois De Hertog, 66, Belgian racing cyclist. AlexanderLangmuir, 83, American epidemiologist. Lee Loy Seng, 72, Malaysian businessman...
wall on the farm . It reads 'AL MR 1707'. The 'AL' may stand for AlexanderLangmuir. The stone came from a contemporary building which was demolished...
approach. Frumkin has developed the Frumkin isotherm, an extension of the Langmuir isotherm in describing certain adsorption phenomena. Frumkin's students...
Effect of Terminal Capping and the Role of Electrostatic Interaction". Langmuir. 27 (6): 2723–2730. doi:10.1021/la1034273. PMID 21309606. Ian Hamley (2011)...
lasted until Elias’ death in 1964; in 1970, Baumgartner married Dr. AlexanderLangmuir who survived her death in 1991 from polycythemia by two years. "Leon...
States. Past members of the society have included Wade H. Frost, AlexanderLangmuir, Jonas Salk and Abraham Lilienfeld. Paul, O (1 July 1998). "The last...
Among his many prestigious awards and honors, Pines has received the Langmuir Medal of the American Chemical Society, the Faraday Medal of the Royal...
"mitogenetic ray" was one of the scientific topics characterized by Irving Langmuir as "pathological science." However, the tenacity of Anna Gurwitsch, together...
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