George Thorn

							                  Thorn was born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1906 and earned
George W. Thorn   his M.D. from the University of Buffalo in 1929. A
                  renowned clinician and educator, Thorn was a major
                  leader in advancing the field of endocrinology and
                  organ transplant.
                  He is credited with organizing the team that
                  performed the first successful human organ
                  transplant in 1954.
                  He developed a cortisone treatment for the
                  debilitating and sometimes fatal Addison's Disease.
                  He held academic appointments at the University of
                  Buffalo, Harvard Medical School, The Ohio State
                  University, The Johns Hopkins University, and the
                  Royal College of Physicians in Great Britain.
                  The author of more than 400 publications, Thorn
                  held 13 honorary degrees.
                  Thorn was a founding editor and editor-in-chief of
                  Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine.
                  He helped establish and served as President of the
                  Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
                  He was also chairman of the Advisory Committee of
                  the Whitaker Foundation for Biomedical Engineering.