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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
Artist: Bjorn Peter Egeli

Widely recognized for his original research in kidney function, James Shannon led a project during World War II to develop antimalarial drugs at Goldwater Memorial Hospital in New York City. In 1949 he came to NIH as the first intramural director of the National Heart Institute, bringing many future NIH scientific leaders with him. During his NIH directorship, Shannon presided over rapid expansion of the NIH often remembered as "the Golden Years." In 1983, Building 1 was named the James A. Shannon Building to commemorate his many contributions to NIH.Portrait inside Building 1
Submitted: August 16, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p250948
File Size: 2.447 Megabytes

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