Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1937
Number:89 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Harvey W Cushing
Gender:M
Profession:prof neurology
University:Yale University
City:New Haven
State:CT
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Herbert M Evans
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1882
Year, Death:1971
Profession:prof anatomy
University:University of California
City:Berkeley
State:CA
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominee 3:
Name:Bernardo Alberto Houssay
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1887
Year, Death:1971
Profession:prof physiology
University:University of Buenos Aires
City:Buenos Aires
Country:ARGENTINA (AR)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947
 
Motivation:Cushing: Work on the pituitary gland and pituitary cachexia. Evans: Work on the hypophysis and its relationship to other endocrine glands. Houssay: Work on the functions of the hypophysis, its role in metabolism and in diabetes.
 
Nominator:
Name:Owen H Wangensteen
Gender:M
Profession:prof surgery
University:Minneapolis
City:Minneapolis
State:MN
Country:UNITED STATES (US)