Ferid Murad papers

Collection — Folder: Murad, Ferid, Alumni Vertical File

Identifier: MSD-1958-022

Collection Statement

This collection includes a photograph, news release, news clipping, magazine article, and resume.

Dates

Creation: 1998 - 1998

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with the Archives and Special Collections, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN. All requests to publish or quote must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections.

Biographical Sketch

Ferid Murad was born in Whiting, Indiana, on September 14, 1936. He earned his undergraduate degree in premedical science and chemistry from DePauw in 1958 before earning a M.D. and Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Case Western Reserve University in 1965. Murad has received numerous awards and honors, including the Albert and Mary Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, American Heart Association Ciba Award, and Baxter Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences from the Association of American Medical Collections. Murad was a recipient of the 1998 Noble Prize in Medicine or Physiology.