Biography:William H. Fishman

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William H. Fishman
Born(1914-03-02)March 2, 1914
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
DiedJanuary 25, 2001(2001-01-25) (aged 86)
La Jolla, California, United States
EducationMinnedosa Collegiate (1931), University of Saskatchewan (BSc, 1935), University of Toronto (PhD, 1939)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry, oncology
InstitutionsUniversity of Edinburgh, Weill Cornell Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Tufts University

William Harold Fishman (March 2, 1914 – January 25, 2001) was a Canadian-American cancer researcher who taught at Tufts University from 1948 until his retirement in 1975.[1] In 1971 he founded the Tufts Cancer Research Center, the first of its kind in the area under President Nixon's 1971 National Cancer Act.[2] In 1976, with a $180,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute, he co-founded the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation (since renamed the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute) with his wife, Lillian.[3][4][5] He was also the founding editor-in-chief of Tumor Biology, serving in this role from 1980 to 1983.[6]

References

  1. Goldsborough, Gordon. "Memorable Manitobans: William Harold Fishman (1914-2001)". http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/fishman_wh.shtml. 
  2. "Our History" (in en-US). https://sbpdiscovery.org/about/our-history/. 
  3. "Dr. William and Lillian Fishman" (in en). https://www.sbpdiscovery.org/team/dr-william-and-lillian-fishman. 
  4. Millán, José Luis; Hammarström, Sten; Stigbrand, Torgny (2001). "William H. Fishman, MD, PhD" (in english). Tumor Biology 22 (4): 203–204. doi:10.1159/000050616. ISSN 1010-4283. https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/50616. 
  5. "History" (in en). https://www.sbpdiscovery.org/about/history. 
  6. Goldenberg, David M. (2012-06-01). "Introduction to this special issue on tumor targeting" (in en). Tumor Biology 33 (3): 571–572. doi:10.1007/s13277-012-0390-7. ISSN 1010-4283. PMID 22492239.