George Vande Woude
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George F. Vande Woude Jr. (December 25, 1935 – April 13, 2021) was an American
Personal life and education
George Vande Woude was born in Brooklyn on December 25, 1935, the son of Alice Leudesdorff Vande Woude and George F. Vande Woude Sr.[5]
George Jr. spent his early childhood living in
While in Queens Village, he lived only a few blocks away from his future wife, Dorothy "Dot".
George died on April 13, 2021, aged 85, in Grand Rapids, Michigan,[b] following a battle with Parkinson's disease.[5]
Career
From 1964 to 1972, he worked as a
His positions held within the NCI include head of the Human Tumor Studies and the Virus Tumor Biochemistry sections starting in 1972, chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Oncology starting 1980, and from 1983 until 1998 as director of the Advanced Bioscience Laboratories–Basic Research Program at Frederick.[15]
He left the NCI to take the director position at the VAI in 1998.[16] He stepped down from his director position in 2009, but remained in leadership roles at the institute.[17]
Selected honors
- 1981: Service on editorial board of Journal of Virology through 1987[c]
- 1988: Service as an editor of Journal of Virology through 1992[21]
- 1990: Sole founding editor-in-chief of Cell Growth & Differentiation[22]
- 2006: Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences[23]
- 2007: Edition of Oncogene published in tribute[24]
- 2013: Elected to the inaugural class of Fellows of the AACR Academy[25]
- 2015: Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award (with Jay Van Andel), conferred by Research!America[26][27]
Notes
References
- ^ a b "George F. Vande Woude, PhD". Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Van Andel Institute's founding Director of Research, Dr. George Vande Woude, receives prestigious scientific award". Van Andel Institute. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ a b "In Memoriam: George Vande Woude, Ph.D. (1935-2021)". National Cancer Institute. April 15, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ BCRF (April 16, 2021). "BCRF Mourns Loss of Longtime Investigator Dr. George Vande Woude". Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ^ Grand Rapids Press. April 14, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2023 – via Legacy.com.
- S2CID 235305088.
- ^ PMID 34845037.
- Biographical Memoirs. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- Grand Rapids Press. August 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2023 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ "Dorothy "Dot" Helen Vande Woude". Enders & Shirley Funeral Home. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ISSN 0009-2347.
- ^ "In Memoriam: George F. Vande Woude". American Association for Cancer Research. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- PMID 32907976.
- S2CID 149295438.
- ^ "Former NCI Researcher, George Vande Woude, Receives AAAS Fellowship Award". Poster. NCI at Frederick. February 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- PMID 11390525.
- MLive. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ^ "Front Matter". Journal of Virology. 37 (1). January 1981.
- ^ "Front Matter". Journal of Virology. 49 (1). January 1984.
- ^ "Front Matter". Journal of Virology. 61 (1). January 1987.
- ^ "Front Matter". Journal of Virology. 62 (1). January 1988.
- ^ "History of AACR Publishing". American Association for Cancer Research. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- American Academy of Arts & Sciences. July 27, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- S2CID 29791302.
- ^ "Fellows Archives 2013". American Association for Cancer Research. p. 10. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Science Award". Geoffrey Beene Foundation. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ^ "2015 Research!America Advocacy Awards". Research!America. March 11, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- George Vande Woude, PhD. ResearchAmerica. March 18, 2015 – via YouTube.