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On April 24, Joseph E. Murray, M.D., ’40 delivered
the first annual Thomas More Lecture on Faith, Work and Civic
Life in the Rehm Library of Smith Hall. Murray is the 1990
co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine,
for his pioneering work on kidney transplantation. In 1954,
he performed the first human kidney transplant, launching
the era of organ transplantation. His subsequent work, for
which he was cited by the Nobel committee, advanced doctors’ ability
to prevent transplant rejection.
Murray is professor of medicine emeritus at Harvard Medical
School and the author of a recent memoir, Surgery of the
Soul.
The Thomas More Lecture on Faith, Work and Civic Life honors
a graduate of Holy Cross who exemplifies the College’s
dedication to the integration of faith and learning. |
