Felix Milgrom
Felix Milgrom (born October 12, 1919 in Rohatyn , Poland , † September 2, 2007 in Buffalo (New York) ) was an American immunologist and microbiologist .
Milgrom received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Wroclaw in 1947 . He then taught there as a professor until 1954 (habilitation 1951). 1954 to 1957 he was professor and head of microbiology at the Silesian Medical University in Zabrze . From 1958 he was at the State University of New York in Buffalo, where he headed the Department of Microbiology from 1967 to 1985, succeeding Ernest Witebsky , with whom he founded the Center for Immunology there (today Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology ). From 1981 he had the title of Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Microbiology and Immunology.
Milgrom dealt with the serology of syphilis (where he was still developing a simple blood test in Poland, which was used immediately after the Second World War when a syphilis epidemic broke out in Eastern Europe) and rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune diseases, antibodies, tumor immunology and transplant immunology.
In 1987 he received the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize . He has multiple honorary doctorates (University of Vienna 1976, University of Lund 1979, University of Heidelberg 1979, University of Bergen 1980, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey 1991).
He had been married since 1941 and had two children.
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- ↑ Birth and career data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Milgrom, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American immunologist and microbiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rohatyn |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 2007 |
| Place of death | Buffalo (New York) |