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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
President	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Donald Fredrickson
Succeeded by	Bernadine Healy

Personal details
Born	James Barnes Wyngaarden (1924-10-19)October 19, 1924 Grand Rapids, Michigan
Died	June 14, 2019(2019-06-14) (aged 94) Durham, North Carolina

Alma mater	Calvin University Western Michigan University University of Michigan Medical School
Scientific career
Fields	purine biosynthesis and the genetics of gout
Institutions	National Institutes of Health Duke University School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania

James Barnes Wyngaarden (October 19, 1924 – June 14, 2019) was an American physician, researcher and academic administrator. 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 attended Calvin College and Western Michigan University before graduating first in his class from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1948.

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.

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.

Personal life

He had four daughters and one son.

References

"Wyngaarden, James B. (1924-)". Calvin College.
"James Wyngaarden, 1924 - 2019".
Harvey, Abner McGehee (1978). The Interurban Clinical Club (1905-1976): a record of achievement in clinical science. Interurban Clinical Club.
"James B. Wyngaarden, M.D." 6 August 2015.
"James B. Wyngaarden, M.D." 6 August 2015.
"The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: James B. Wyngaarden". Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
"Biographical Sketches of the Directors of the National Institutes of Health". Archived from the original on 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2007-02-21.

External links

James B. Wyngaarden Papers at Duke University Medical Center Archives Archived 2013-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
National Institutes of Health death announcement
Appearances on C-SPAN

Government offices
Preceded byDonald Fredrickson	12th Director of National Institutes of Health 1982 – 1989	Succeeded byBernadine Healy

v t e U.S. National Institutes of Health (list)
Institutes	National Cancer Institute National Eye Institute National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Human Genome Research Institute National Institute on Aging National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Institute of Mental Health National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institute of Nursing Research National Library of Medicine
Centers	Center for Information Technology Center for Scientific Review John E. Fogarty International Center National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Vaccine Research Center National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Programs	Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health Visible Human Project National Diabetes Education Program BRAIN Initiative
Directors	Joseph J. Kinyoun Milton J. Rosenau John F. Anderson George W. McCoy Lewis R. Thompson Rolla Dyer William H. Sebrell, Jr James Augustine Shannon Robert Q. Marston Robert Stone Donald S. Fredrickson James B. Wyngaarden Bernadine Healy Harold E. Varmus Elias Zerhouni Francis Collins Monica Bertagnolli
Related	NIH Record United States Public Health Service Division of Intramural Research National Institutes of Health campus National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award NIH Public Access Policy National Center for Research Resources National Institutes of Health Police Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
Italics indicate acting officeholders

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