James Wyngaarden

James Barnes Wyngaarden (born 1924) is a U.S. physician, researcher and academic administrator. He is a co-editor of one of the leading internal medicine texts, and served as director of National Institutes of Health between 1982 and 1989. Has four daughters and one son.[1]

Wyngaarden is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Biographical Sketches of the Directors of the National Institutes of Health". http://www.nih.gov/about/almanac/archive/1999/historical-data/biographical.html. Retrieved 2007-02-21. 
  2. ^ "The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: James B. Wyngaarden". http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/contact/searchcontacts/detail.asp?PersonID=1090. Retrieved 2009-05-01. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Donald Fredrickson
Director of National Institutes of Health
1982 – 1989
Succeeded by
Bernadine Healy