Stewart, Sarah E. (Sarah Elizabeth), 1905-1976

Sarah Stewart (1906-1977); born in Jalisco, Mexico; M.S., University of Massachusetts (1930); PH.D., University of Chicago (1939); M.D., Georgetown University (1949), was its first female medical school graduate; primarily a microbiologist and bacteriologist, she first came to NIH in 1935, returned to the National Cancer Institute in 1951, becoming Medical Director and Head of the Leukemia Studies Section; became internationally known for her unique discovery that certain virus strains can jump species and produce cancers in other hosts. She also worked with Bernice Eddy to isolate and propagate the polyoma virus; left NIH in 1970 to become Professor of Pathology at Georgetown University.

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Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Stewart (Aug. 16, 1905–Nov. 27, 1976);Mexican-American researcher who pioneered the field of viral oncology research; born August 16, 1905, Tecalitlán, Jalisco, Mexico; BS, New Mexico State University, 1927; MS, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1930; PhD, University of Chicago, 1939; MD, Georgetown Univeristy, 1949, first woman MD at Georgetown; researcher at National Institutes of Health (NIH), 1935-1944, 1951-1971; in 1953 with Dr. Bernice Eddy, among the first to discover the cancer-causing, or polyomavirus, in 1958 became known as the SE (Stewart-Eddy) polyomavirus; nominated for Nobel prize twice; President Lyndon B. Johnson presented Stewart with the Federal Women’s Award, 1965; taught at Georgetown University; died of cacner on November 27, 1976 in New Smyrna Beach, Florida

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