Andrew Schally
Andrzej Wiktor Schally | |
|---|---|
 Andrew Schally | |
| Born | November 30, 1926 Wilno, Poland |
| Died | October 17, 2024 (aged 97) Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | Polish, American |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1977 |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Tulane University |
Andrzej Wiktor Schally (also known as Andrew W. Schally; November 30, 1926 – October 17, 2024) was a Polish-born American endocrinologist. In 1977, He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. While he lived in a Jewish community and subsequently fled Poland, a genealogical investigation cited in the footnotes of JINFO.org found that Schally's background was "predominantly Polish, and not Jewish".
Born in Poland, Andrew Schally received his education in Scotland and England. In 1952, he moved to Canada. He received his doctorate in endocrinology from McGill University in 1957. That same year he left for a research career in the United States where he has worked mainly at Tulane University. A Canadian citizen when he left Canada, Schally became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1962. He was affiliated with the Baylor College of Medicine for some years in Houston, Texas.[1]
He developed a whole new realm of knowledge concerning the brain’s control over the body chemistry. His works also addressed birth control methods and growth hormones. He - as well as Roger Guillemin- described the neurohormone GnRH that controls FSH and LH. He was awarded an honorary Doctoral Degree from Jagiellonian University at Kraków.
Schally died at his home in Miami Beach, Florida, on October 17, 2024, at the age of 97.[2][3]
Books
[change | change source]- Ziolkowska-Boehm, Aleksandra (1992). Korzenie sa polskie. Warszawa : BGW.
- Ziolkowska-Boehm, Aleksandra (2003). The Roots are Polish.
- Nicholas Wade (1981). The Nobel Duel, Anchor Press/Doubleday, Garden City, NY.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Bio Archived 2007-05-04 at the Wayback Machine at Nobelprize.org
- ↑ Murphy, Brian (20 October 2024). "Andrew Schally, shared Nobel for brain-hormone links, dies at 97". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ↑ "Dr. Andrew Schally, Former Tulane Endocrinologist and Nobel Laureate, dies at 97". Tulane University School of Medicine. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
This short article about a person from the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winners
- 1926 births
- 2024 deaths
- American Nobel Prize winners
- American physicians
- Jewish American academics
- Jewish American scientists
- Jewish Nobel Prize winners
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- People from Vilnius
- Polish Jews
- Refugees from Nazism
- Academics from Louisiana
- American biochemists
- American physiologists
- Canadian physicians
- Polish Nobel Prize winners
- Polish academics
- Polish physicians