Irene E. and Michael Karl papers, 1937-2006. 1937-2006

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Irene E. and Michael Karl papers, 1937-2006. 1937-2006

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Files containing documents and information compiled by and about Drs. Irene E. Karl (1915-2006) and Michael M. Karl (1915-2006). Correspondence, scientific papers and publications, documents concerning the Karl Lectureship, press releases and press coverage of the Karls' careers and achievements. A copy of the 28th ed of Manual of Medical Therapeutics (1995) inscribed and dedicated to Michael Karl (to be retained with collection as an artifact). The files and items were given as one collection, with no overall discernable order.

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Washington University in St. Louis, Bernard Becker Medical Library

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Washington University in St. Louis, Bernard Becker Medical Library

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Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Medicine.

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Karl, Michael M., 1915-2006.

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Karl, Irene E., 1915-2006.

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Irene E. (Stark) Karl was an American biochemist and Research Professor of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. Karl completed her Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1940, becoming the first woman to earn a doctorate in science from the University of Wisconsin. She worked as a biochemist at the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis from 1941-1943, leaving to raise her family. Karl resumed her career at Washington University in 1959, became instructor for the Metabolism Division in 1966, ris...