Enders, John F.

John Franklin Enders was born in West Hartford, Connecticut on February 10, 1897. He received the A.B. from Yale University (1920), and the M.A. in English (1922), and the Ph.D. in Bacteriology and Immunology (1930) from Harvard University. Enders taught at the Harvard University Medical School from 1930 to 1972, and was professor emeritus from 1967 to 1985. He was appointed director of the Infectious Disease Research Laboratory at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston in 1946, and in 1972 he was appointed Chief of the Virus Research Unit at Children's Hospital, a position that he held until his death. In 1954 Enders and his colleagues Thomas Weller and Frederick Robbins were awarded the Nobel Prize for their successful propagation of poliomyelitis viruses in cultures of non-nervous tissue cells. During his career Enders developed diagnostic tests and a vaccine for mumps, and his experimental research was instrumental in the development of vaccines for measles and poliomyelitis. He died in Waterford, Connecticut on September 8, 1985.

From the description of John Franklin Enders papers, 1916-1988 (inclusive), 1940-1984 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702179634

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