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Donald Metcalf

Australian medical researcher (1929-2014) · Australia · On the map · Academics · Died at 85

Donald Metcalf AC FRS FAA was an Australian medical researcher who spent most of his career at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne.

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2014Died15 December 20142007AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer ResearchAward2001Prime Minister's Prize for ScienceAward1996Warren Alpert Foundation PrizeAward1995Royal MedalAward1994Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko MedalAward1993Companion of the Order of AustraliaAwardLasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research AwardAwardLouisa Gross Horwitz PrizeAwardMacfarlane Burnet Medal and LectureAward1988Robert Koch PrizeAward1987Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer ResearchAward1985James Cook MedalAward1969Fellow of the Australian Academy of ScienceAward1964David Syme Research PrizeAward1929Born26 February 1929

Awards

AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research2007
Centenary Medal2001
Prime Minister's Prize for Science2001
Warren Alpert Foundation Prize1996
Royal Medal1995
Canada Gairdner International Award1994
Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal1994
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize1993
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award1993
Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture1993
Companion of the Order of Australia1993
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize1989
Robert Koch Prize1988
Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer Research1987
James Cook Medal1985
Officer of the Order of Australia1976
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science1969
David Syme Research Prize1964
Fellow of the Royal Society
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research

About this person

In 1954 he received the Carden Fellowship from the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria; while he officially retired in 1996, he continued working and held his fellowship until his death in December 2014.

Country
Australia
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2014 · aged 85