William H. Fishman

William Harold Fishman (March 2, 1914 – January 25, 2001) was a Canadian-American cancer researcher who taught at Tufts University from 1948 until his retirement in 1975.[1] In 1976, with a $180,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute, he co-founded the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation (since renamed the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute) with his wife, Lillian.[2][3][4] He was also the founding editor-in-chief of Tumor Biology, serving in this role from 1980 to 1983.[5]

William H. Fishman
Born	(1914-03-02)March 2, 1914 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died	January 25, 2001(2001-01-25) (aged 86) La Jolla, California, United States
Education	Minnedosa Collegiate (1931), University of Saskatchewan (BSc, 1935), University of Toronto (PhD, 1939)
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry, oncology
Institutions	University of Edinburgh, Weill Cornell Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Tufts University

References

1. Goldsborough, Gordon. "Memorable Manitobans: William Harold Fishman (1914-2001)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
2. "Dr. William and Lillian Fishman". Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
3. Millán, José Luis; Hammarström, Sten; Stigbrand, Torgny (2001). "William H. Fishman, MD, PhD". Tumor Biology. 22 (4): 203–204. doi:10.1159/000050616. ISSN 1010-4283.
4. "History". Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
5. Goldenberg, David M. (2012-06-01). "Introduction to this special issue on tumor targeting". Tumor Biology. 33 (3): 571–572. doi:10.1007/s13277-012-0390-7. ISSN 1010-4283. PMID 22492239.