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Joseph E. Murray, M.D., '40 will present this year's Thomas
More Lecture on April 24, 2002, at 4 p.m. in Rehm Library.
Dr. Murray shared the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
for his pioneering work on kidney transplantation. During
World War II, doing reparative surgery, particularly with
burn patients, Murray became intrigued by the dynamics of
tissue rejection and acceptance, leading him to his interest
in transplant surgery. 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.
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