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The Classic

1989; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 244; Issue: &NA; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00003086-198907000-00002

1528-1132

Paul C. Lauterbur,

Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Born in Sidney, Ohio, on May 6, 1929, Paul Lauterbur (Fig. 1) received his B.S. in chemistry in 1951 from the Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland. After two years of U.S. military service where he began research on the phenomenon of nuclear magnetic resonance, he went on to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh in 1962. Since 1963 he has been affiliated with the State University of New York at Stony Brook, most recently as Adjunct University Professor. Since 1985 he has been a full-time faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and now holds appointments there in the Department of Medical Information Science of the College of Medicine, the Department of Chemistry, the Biophysics Program of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, the Bioengineering Program of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Center for Advanced Study. In addition to this, he is Director of the Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Laboratory there. Dr. Lauterbur also serves as a Professor in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and, to date, has 124 publications to his credit. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. His many awards include the Gold Medal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (1982), the American Physical Society Prize in Biological Physics (1983), The Franklin Institute Howard N. Potts Medal (1984), The Michelson-Morley Award, Case Western Reserve University (1984). The Albert Lasker Clinical Research Award (1984), The Kosar Memorial Award, Society of Photographic Scientists and Engineers (1985), The Charles F. Kettering Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation (1985); The Gairdner Foundation International Award (1985); The Harvey Prize in Science and Technology, Technion (1986); The Roentgen Medal (1987); The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Medal of Honor (1987); The National Medal of Science (1987); The Gold Medal of the Radiological Society of North America (1987); and the National Medal of Technology (1988). MARSHALL R. URIST, M.D.