BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS National Academy of Sciences Gertrude B. Elion January 23, 1918 February 21, 1999 By Mary Ellen Avery IN THE SPRING OF 1933 Gertrude Elion graduated from high school and that summer she had to select a major subject before she could begin her freshman year at Hunter College. This posed a quandary for the future Nobel Prize recipient, as well as holder of 45 patents, 23 ...

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