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Janet Rowley

Janet Davison Rowley

American human geneticist (1925–2013).

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Sex or Gender

Female

Occupation

Biologist
Geneticist
University Teacher

Country of Citizenship

United States

Place of Birth

New York City

Date of Birth

4/5/1925

Instance Of

Human

Date of Death

12/17/2013

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Cause of Death

Ovarian Cancer

Educated At

University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
Pritzker School of Medicine
( - 1948)
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Medicine
End Time
: 1948

Given Name

Janet

Award Received

20 items
Presidential Medal of Freedom
(8/12/2009)
Conferred By
:
Barack Obama
Point in Time
: 8/12/2009
William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement
(1989)
Point in Time
: 1989
Canada Gairdner International Award
(1996)
Point in Time
: 1996
King Faisal International Prize in Medicine
(1988)
Point in Time
: 1988
National Medal of Science
(1998)
Point in Time
: 1998
Albany Medical Center Prize
(2013)
Point in Time
: 2013
Gruber Prize in Genetics
(2009)
Affiliation
:
University of Chicago
Point in Time
: 2009
Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
(2010)
Point in Time
: 2010
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
(1998)
Point in Time
: 1998
ASHG Lifetime Achievement Award
(1991)
Point in Time
: 1991
Charles S. Mott Prize
(1989)
Point in Time
: 1989
Japan Prize
(2012)
Point in Time
: 2012
Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal
(2010)
Point in Time
: 2010
Mendel Medal
(2003)
Point in Time
: 2003
Honorary Doctor of Harvard University
(2008)
Point in Time
: 2008
Benjamin Franklin Medal
(2003)
Point in Time
: 2003
National Women's Hall of Fame
(2017)
Point in Time
: 2017
AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research
(2010)
Point in Time
: 2010
Marion Spencer Fay Award
(2006)
Point in Time
: 2006
AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research
(1989)
Point in Time
: 1989

Employer

University of Chicago

Member Of

National Academy of Sciences
(1984 - )
Start Time
: 1984
American Philosophical Society
(1993 - )
Start Time
: 1993
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Place of Death

Hyde Park

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Family Name

Rowley
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Married Name
Davison
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Maiden Name

Field of Work

Genetics

Child

David B. Rowley

Academic Degree

Doctor of Medicine
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