Memorial Page for Janet Rowley
American human geneticist
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April 5th, 2026
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Janet Rowley (* April 5, 1925 in New York City; † December 17, 2013 in Hyde Park) was an american human geneticist. She was 88 years old. She had at least 1 child (1 son). Her education included University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and Pritzker School of Medicine. She received 10 awards, including Presidential Medal of Freedom, William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement. Her cause of death was ovarian cancer.
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12 EventsBorn in New York City, New York
1925King Faisal International Prize in Medicine
1988William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement
1989ASHG Lifetime Achievement Award
1991Canada Gairdner International Award
1996National Medal of Science
1998Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
1998Gruber Prize in Genetics
2009Presidential Medal of Freedom
2009Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
2010Albany Medical Center Prize
2013Died in Hyde Park, Cook County (ovarian cancer)
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- David B. Rowley
Janet Rowley. Forever remembered.