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James Wyngaarden
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James B. Wyngaarden and David Korn, former Chairman of the National Cancer Advisory Board, National Cancer Institute.
12th Director of the National Institutes of Health
In office
April 29, 1982 – July 31, 1989
President Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Preceded by Donald Fredrickson
Succeeded by Bernadine Healy
Personal details
Born
James Barnes Wyngaarden

(1924-10-19)October 19, 1924
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Died June 14, 2019(2019-06-14) (aged 94)
Durham, North Carolina
Children 5
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fields purine biosynthesis and the genetics of gout
Institutions

James Barnes Wyngaarden (October 19, 1924 – June 14, 2019) was an American physician, researcher and academic administrator. He was a co-editor of Cecil Textbook of Medicine, one of the leading internal medicine texts, and served as director of National Institutes of Health between 1982 and 1989. He had four daughters and one son.

Wyngaarden was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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