James Wyngaarden
James B. Wyngaarden and David Korn, former Chairman of the National Cancer Advisory Board, National Cancer Institute
12th Director of the National Institutes of Health
In office
April 29, 1982 – July 31, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Preceded byDonald Fredrickson
Succeeded byBernadine Healy
Personal details
Born
James Barnes Wyngaarden

(1924-10-19)October 19, 1924
Grand Rapids, Michigan[1]
DiedJune 14, 2019(2019-06-14) (aged 94)
Durham, North Carolina[2]
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fieldspurine biosynthesis and the genetics of gout
Institutions

James Barnes Wyngaarden (October 19, 1924 – June 14, 2019) was an American physician, researcher and academic administrator.[3] He was a co-editor of Cecil Textbook of Medicine, one of the leading internal medicine texts, and served as director of National Institutes of Health between 1982 and 1989.

Biography

Wyngaarden graduated first in his class from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1948.[4]

He trained in internal medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital and did postdoctoral work at the Public Health Research Institute of the City of New York under DeWitt Stetten, Jr. After serving as research associate at NIH from 1953 to 1956, he moved to Duke University and in 1959 became director of the medical research training program there as well as associate professor of medicine and biochemistry. In 1961 he became professor of medicine and associate professor of biochemistry at Duke University.[5]

Wyngaarden served as the 12th director of National Institutes of Health from April 1982 to July 1989. After his tenure, he became an Associate Director at the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Wyngaarden was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[6]

Personal life

He had four daughters and one son.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Wyngaarden, James B. (1924-)". Calvin College.
  2. ↑ "James Wyngaarden, 1924 - 2019".
  3. ↑ Harvey, abner McGehee (1978). The Interurban Clinical Club (1905-1976): a record of achievement in clinical science. Interurban Clinical Club.
  4. ↑ "James B. Wyngaarden, M.D."
  5. ↑ "James B. Wyngaarden, M.D."
  6. ↑ "The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: James B. Wyngaarden". Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
  7. ↑ "Biographical Sketches of the Directors of the National Institutes of Health". Archived from the original on 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2007-02-21.


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