Lasker Award 1948: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   René J. Dubos, Selman Abraham Waksman

   Biology

   For studies of the antibiotic properties of soil bacteria leading to the discovery of streptomycin.

2. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Vincent du Vigneaud

   Biology

   For studies of transmethylation as essential to animal nutrition, and for contributions to the structure and synthesis of biotin and penicillin.

3. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Martha M. Eliot

   Biology

   For administrative achievement in the organization and operation of the Emergency Maternal and Infant Care Program of the Children’s Bureau.

4. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   R.E. Dyer

   Biology

   For scientific accomplishments in the field of microbiological research and for distinguished service as Director of the National Institutes of Health during the war and postwar years.