Background
Landy, Maurice was born on March 8, 1913 in Cleveland. Son of Joseph and Rose (Eisenstein) Landy.
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Maurice Landy
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Maurice Landy, American Immunologist. Patentee in field Recipient Superior Service award Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1966, The American Association of Immunologists award, 1972, CytokineInternat. Workshops Research award, 1990. Served to captain, Sanitary Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Academy Microbiology, American Association Immunologists, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio State University, 1934; Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1934; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1940.
Career
Chief biological laboratories, Strategic Medical Alliances Corporation, Cleveland, 1936-1942; chief department bacteriology, Wyeth Institute, Philadelphia, 1946-1947; head typhoid research unit, chief department bacterial immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute Research, 1947-1956; head immunology section, National Cancer Institute, 1956-1962; chief laboratory immunology, National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1962-1967; chief allergy and immunology branch extramural program, National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health, 1967-1972; staff adviser, Schweizerisches Forschunginstitut, Davos, Switzerland, 1973-1979; adviser, development biology laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, 1985-1993. Secretary general 1st International Congress of Immunology, Washington, 1971.
Achievements
Membership
Served to captain, Sanitary Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Academy Microbiology, American Association Immunologists, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine.
Connections
Married Reba Altman, June 1, 1947.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Superior Service award Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1966, The American Association of Immunologists award, 1972, CytokineInternat. Workshops Research award, 1990.Recipient Superior Service award Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1966, The American Association of Immunologists award, 1972, CytokineInternat. Workshops Research award, 1990.