James Wyngaarden

James Wyngaarden
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; October 19, 1924; Grand Rapids, Michigan
Died	June 14, 2019 (aged 94); Durham, North Carolina
Alma mater	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.

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