Frederick George Novy

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Frederick George Novy
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedAugust 8, 1957(1957-08-08) (aged 92)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery[1]
EducationSc.D., M.D.
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Occupation(s)Bacteriologist, chemist, instructor
SpouseGrace Olive Garwood
ChildrenRobert Lev
Frank Orel
Marguerite F.
Frederick George Jr.
Frances Louise

Frederick George Novy (December 9, 1864 – August 8, 1957) was an American bacteriologist, organic chemist, and instructor.[2]

Biography

Born in

Hog Cholera". The following year, he completed the work needed to receive his M.D.[5] He was married to Grace Garwood in 1891; the daughter of Dr. V. G. Garwood.[4]

Following his graduation, Dr. Novy was made Assistant Professor of Hygiene and Physiological Chemistry at the University of Michigan. He made visits overseas, to the

Society of American Bacteriologists. He was made full professor at Michigan in 1904 and became the first chairman of the University's Department of Bacteriology.[3]

It was early in the twentieth century that Dr. Novy began the study of

tubercle bacillus.[5] In 1905, he was selected for membership on the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Association, a position he would retain until 1930. He was the Henry L. Russell Lecturer at the University of Michigan in 1927, then in 1931 the George M. Kober Lecturer at Georgetown University. In 1930, he was selected to be a gold medalist of the American Medical Association. He continued to contribute to the scientific research in bacteriology for the remainder of his career, publishing his final scientific paper in 1953 at the age of ninety.[3]

Much of his later years were consumed by administrative work. He served as fourth president of the

American Society for Experimental Pathology in 1921 and president of the American Association of Immunologists in 1924. Dr. Novy was chairman of the Executive Committee for the University of Michigan Medical School during 1930–33,[3] then during 1933–35 he served as Dean of the University Medical School.[5] He retired in 1935.[3] His wife, Grace Garwood, died in 1946; Dr. Novy died at his Ann Arbor, Michigan home in 1957. He was survived by three sons and two daughters. All of his sons were practicing physicians.[5]

In Sinclair Lewis's 1925 novel Arrowsmith, Dr. Novy was the model for the character of Max Gottlieb.[6]

Awards and honors

Dr. Novy was the recipient of numerous honors:[3][5]

Bibliography

  • Cocaine and its derivatives (1887)
  • Directions for laboratory work in urine analysis (1892)
  • Directions for laboratory work in bacteriology (1894)
  • Ptomaïns, leucomaïns, toxins and antitoxins: or, the chemical factors in the causation of disease (1896) with Victor Clarence Vaughan
  • Toxins & Antitoxins (1896)
  • Laboratory work in physiological chemistry (1898)
  • Laboratory work in bacteriology (1899)
  • Cellular toxins[3] (1902) with Victor Clarence Vaughan
  • On the trypanosomes of birds (1905) with Ward J. MacNeal
  • Studies in Spirillum Obermeieri and related organisms (1906)
  • The trypanosomes of mosquitoes and other insects (1907)
  • Zina Pitcher (1908)
  • Anaphylatoxin and anaphylaxis (1917) with Paul Henry DeKruif and Robert Lev Novy
  • Microbic respiration (1925)

References

  1. ISBN 978-0806348230
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  2. ^ Hinsdale, Burke Aaron (1906), Demmon, Isaac Newton (ed.), History of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, p. 314.
  3. ^
    PMID 13480988
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  4. ^ a b Brown, John Howard, ed. (1903), Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, vol. 6, Boston, Massachusetts: James H. Lamb Company, p. 38.
  5. ^
    PMID 13480988
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  6. ^ Kovtun, George, "The Czechs in America", European Reading Room, The Library of Congress, retrieved 2013-05-08.

External links

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