Sydney Spector Biographical File
Abstract
Includes newspaper article.
Dates
- Creation: 1923-2012
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Biographical / Historical
Sydney Spector service in World War II where at the age of 20 he fought in the Normandy Invasion, the Battle of the Bulge and other European campaigns. After his return from the war, he accepted a job in R and D in at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. These opportunities led him to earn his PhD in Pharmacology from Jefferson Medical School in 1957. Syd participated in “the golden age of pharmacology” where he spent the early part of his career conducting research at the Heart, Lung, Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health.
After retiring from the Roche Institute, Syd moved to Nashville, Tennessee in the early 1990’s where he enjoyed an appointment in the Pharmacology Department at Vanderbilt University. Here, he continued to be actively engaged in scientific thought, nurturing students and reconnecting with his athletic and artistic interests via daily gym workouts and painting.
Source: https://www.aspet.org/aspet/news/news/2012/10/27/Obituary-Sydney-Spector-former-ASPET-President-pharmacology-pioneer-passes-away-at-88
Full Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Topical
- Title
- Sydney Spector Biographical File
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- History of Medicine Collections Staff
- Date
- 2024-04-30
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the VUMC Historical Images and Biographies Repository
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232
historyofmedicine@vanderbilt.edu
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