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Nephrologist & physician; director of National Institutes of Health 1955-1968
James Augustine Shannon
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Nephrologist & physician; director of National Institutes of Health 1955-1968
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Male
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Birth:
9 August 1904
Death:
20 May 1994
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Biography
James A. Shannon (9 August 1904 – 20 May 1994) was an American nephrologist who served as director of National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1955-1968. In 1962 he was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. A collection of his papers is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.