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Andrew Schally
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Andrew Schally

1926 – 2024 · aged 98

Polish-American endocrinologist (1926–2024)

Born
30 Nov 1926 · Vilnius
Died
17 Oct 2024 · Miami Beach
Part ofLithuania1236 – todaySecond Polish Republic1857 – 1945

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 113 years
  1. 30 Nov 1926BornBorn in Vilnius
  2. 1974AwardCanada Gairdner International Award
  3. 1975AwardAlbert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
  4. 1977AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  5. 1985AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
  6. 1988AwardHonorary doctor of Paris Descartes University
  7. 1996AwardHonorary doctorate of the University of Alcala
  8. 2021AwardCommander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
  9. 17 Oct 2024DiedDied in Miami Beach

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1926 – 2024).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Andrzej Viktor "Andrew" Schally (30 November 1926 – 17 October 2024) was a Polish-American endocrinologist who was a co-recipient, with Roger Guillemin and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

This award recognized his research in the discovery that the hypothalamus controls hormone production and release by the pituitary gland, which controls the regulation of other hormones in the body.

Later in life, Schally utilized his knowledge of hypothalamic hormones to research possible methods for birth control and cancer treatment.

Text from the Wikipedia article Andrew Schally, CC BY-SA 4.0

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