Summary
Harry Grundfest (January 10, 1904 – October 10, 1983) was an American neurologist.[1] [2] He was the president of the Association of Scientific Workers,[1] a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[2] professor emeritus of neurology at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,[1] a member of the Physiological Society of London and the Japanese Physiological Society.[2] He was also the chairman of the American Medical Advisory Board to Hebrew University and the Hadassah Medical School.[3] He received the Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government, which is the highest award given to foreigners and seldom is given to U.S. scientists.[2] He also received the Claude Bernard Medal of the Sorbonne, as well as the Physicians and Surgeons Distinguished Service Award from Columbia University.[2]
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- ^ a b c New York Times:Dr. Harry Grundfest; Professor of Neurology, Published: October 12, 1983
- ^ a b c d e National Academies Press, Biographical Memoirs V.66 (1995,HARRY GRUNDFEST, BY JOHN P. REUBEN
- ^ New York Times:U. S. Passport to Israel Denied to Dr. Grundfest,By The Associated Press. June 03, 1952,