Theodore Woodward
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Theodore E. Woodward (born March 22, 1914, in Westminster, Maryland — died July 11, 2005, in Baltimore, Maryland) was a renowned University of Maryland, Baltimore researcher in the field of Medicine. In 1948, he received a Nobel Prize nomination for his role in finding cures for typhus and typhoid fever.
[edit] Trivia
Woodward is credited with inventing the following aphorism:
- "When you hear hoofbeats behind you, don't expect to see a zebra."
[edit] External links
- Medical Alumni Association mini-biography
- Press release announces Woodward as the 2001 Alumni Citation award recipient from Franklin & Marshall College.