James Augustine Shannon
Nephrologist & physician; director of National Institutes of Health 1955-1968 · United States · On the map · Doctors · Lived 1904 to 1994 · aged 89
James Augustine Shannon was an American nephrologist and physiologist who served as the director of National Institutes of Health (NIH) from August 1, 1955 to August 31, 1968. In 1962 he was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences, of which he was a member.
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He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1965 and the American Philosophical Society in 1967. A collection of his papers is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.
