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

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Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Stewart (b. Aug. 16, 1905, Tecalitlán, Jalisco, Mexico–d. Nov. 27, 1976, New Smyrna Beach, FL) was a Mexican-American researcher who pioneered the field of viral oncology research. She earned her BS at New Mexico State University (1927), her MS at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1930), her PhD at the University of Chicago (1939), and the first woman to receive a MD from Georgetown University (1949). She began her career at the National Institutes of Health in 1935 and returned after medical school to the National Cancer Institute in 1951, becoming Medical Director and Head of the Leukemia Studies Section. She worked with Dr. Bernice Eddy to isolate and propagate the polyoma virus; in 1958 they were successful in growing the virus which now bears their names, the SE (Stewart-Eddy) polyomavirus.

Twice nominated for the Nobel Prize, Stewart was presented the Federal Women’s Award by Pres. Lyndon Johnson in 1965. She left the NIH in 1971 to teach at Georgetown University. She passed away of cancer in 1976.

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creatorOf Sarah E. Stewart Papers, 1927-1977 History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
referencedIn William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Stewart, Sarah E. (Sarah Elizabeth), 1906-1977. Sarah E. Stewart papers, 1927-1974. National Library of Medicine
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alumnusOrAlumnaOf Georgetown University. School of Medicine corporateBody
employeeOf Georgetown University. School of Medicine corporateBody
employeeOf National Institutes of Health (U.S.) corporateBody
alumnusOrAlumnaOf New Mexico State University corporateBody
correspondedWith Provine, William B. person
alumnusOrAlumnaOf University of Chicago. corporateBody
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New Smyrna Beach FL US
Tecalitlán 14 MX
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Bacteriology
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Leukemia
Pathology
Pathology
Polyomavirus
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Birth 1905-08-16

Death 1976-11-27

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