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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: August 15, 2013
Caption:
James A.Shannon | Additional Description: James A.Shannon, MD. PhD (1904-1994)
Director NIH, 1955-1968
Sculptor: Elaine Pear Cohen (1920-1995)
James Shannon is remembered as the NIH director under whom there was a rapid expansion in federally funded biomedical research. In 1983, Building 1 itself was renamed in Shannon's honor.
Bust inside Building 1Submitted: August 16, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p250947
File Size: 1.754 Megabytes
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