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VORWALD, Arthur J. (Dubuque, IA, 1904--Green Bay, WI). Medical researcher. Vorwald established the department of pathology at the Naval Academy in Annapolis before serving in the Navy Department's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. During | VORWALD, Arthur J. (Dubuque, IA, Apr. 12, 1904--Green Bay, WI, Nov. 29, 1974). Medical researcher. Vorwald established the department of pathology at the Naval Academy in Annapolis before serving in the Navy Department's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. During [[WORLD WAR II]], he served as a medical attache to General Dwight Eisenhower. Soon after being named the head of the Department of Industrial Medicine at Wayne State University Medical School, Vorwald received a grant of $71,000 for lung cancer research from the American Cancer Society. | ||
In 1955, Vorwald made medical history with the artificial production of lung cancer in rats. At the time, Vorwald felt that his work suggested the possibility not only of resolving the possible link between cigarette smoking and cancer but for also testing various industrial and other chemicals as cancer-causing agents. He retired from Wayne State in 1968 due to ill health. | In 1955, Vorwald made medical history with the artificial production of lung cancer in rats. At the time, Vorwald felt that his work suggested the possibility not only of resolving the possible link between cigarette smoking and cancer but for also testing various industrial and other chemicals as cancer-causing agents. He retired from Wayne State in 1968 due to ill health. | ||
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Revision as of 03:56, 7 February 2009
VORWALD, Arthur J. (Dubuque, IA, Apr. 12, 1904--Green Bay, WI, Nov. 29, 1974). Medical researcher. Vorwald established the department of pathology at the Naval Academy in Annapolis before serving in the Navy Department's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. During WORLD WAR II, he served as a medical attache to General Dwight Eisenhower. Soon after being named the head of the Department of Industrial Medicine at Wayne State University Medical School, Vorwald received a grant of $71,000 for lung cancer research from the American Cancer Society.
In 1955, Vorwald made medical history with the artificial production of lung cancer in rats. At the time, Vorwald felt that his work suggested the possibility not only of resolving the possible link between cigarette smoking and cancer but for also testing various industrial and other chemicals as cancer-causing agents. He retired from Wayne State in 1968 due to ill health.