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Gross, Ludwik -
Distinguished medical scientist whose studies of tumor viruses have revolutionized the modern experimental approach to American cancer research.
From: "My Name is Million" by Wieslaw S. Kuniczak, Doubleday and Co.; Garden City, NY, 1978
Ludwik Gross
Physician, scientist
Born Sept. 11, 1904, Cracow, Poland; came to U.S., 1940; son of Adolf and Augusta (Alexander); married Dorothy (Nelson); child: Augusta.
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Jagiellonian University, Cracow, 1929; Prix Chevillon, Academie Medicine, Paris (France), 1937; Doctor honoris causa, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York (CUNY), 1983.
Career, i.a.: residency (internal medicine), St. Lazar General Hospital, Cracow, 1929-32; researcher, Pasteur Institute, Paris, 1932-39; cancer researcher, Christ Hospital, Cincinnati (OH), 1941-43; chief, Cancer Research Unit, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Bronx (NY), 1946-91; research prof., 1971-73, prof. emeritus, 1973 -, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; consultant, 1955-57, associate scientist, 1957-60, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Center, New York City.
Author: Ludzkosc w walce o zdrowie; Siewcy chorob i smierci; Oncogenic Viruses, 3 editions, last 1983; numerous papers on cancer and leukemia in professional journals.
Member of, i.a.: fellow, American College of Physicians (ACP), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), International Society of Hematology, New York Academy of Sciences, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); American Medical Association (AMA); American Society of Hematology; National Academy of Sciences.; American Association Cancer Research (director, 1973-76); Association Military Surgeons U.S.
Honors, i.a.: Chevalier Legion d'Honnuer (France).; R. De Villiers Award, Leukemia Society, New York City, 1953; Walker Prize, Royal College of Surgeons (United Kingdom), 1962; Pasteur Silver Medal, Pasteur Institute, 1962; World Health Organization United Nations (UN) prize, 1962; Bertner Foundation award, 1963; Albert Einstein Centennial Medal, 1965; A. O. Bernstein Award, Medical Society (NY), 1971; Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, 1974; foundations award, Cancer Research Institute, 1975; Prix Griffuel, Paris, 1978; Exceptional Service award, Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1979; K. Berken Judd Award, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1985; A. Jurzykowski Award, 1985.
Served with: U.S. Army, Medical Corps, captain to major, 1943-46.
Languages: Polish, English, French, German.
Office: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 130 W. Kingsbridge Rd., Bronx, NY 10468.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996