Biography
William Frederick Windle (October 10, 1898, Huntington, Indiana – February 20, 1985, Granville, Ohio ) was an American anatomist and experimental neurologist. Windle graduated in 1921 with a B.S. from Denison University . At Northwestern University Medical School (now named Feinberg School of Medicine), he graduated with an M.S. in 1923 and a Ph.D. in anatomy in 1926. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His Ph.D. thesis Studies on the trigeminal nerve with particular reference to the pathway for painful afferent impulses [ 3 ] was supervised by S. Walter Ranson (1880–1942). [ 4 ] At Northwestern University School of Medicine, Windle was appointed assistant professor of anatomy in 1926, associate professor in 1929, and professor of microscopic anatomy in 1935. A research stay at the University of Cambridge in England followed from 1935 to 1936. [ 2 ] From 1942 to 1946 Windle was professor of neurology at Northwestern University Medical School and director of the medical school's neurological institute. In the anatomy department of the University of Washington School of Medicine , he was from 1946 to 1947 a professor and chair of the department. [ 1 ] In the anatomy department of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (now named the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania), he was from 1947 to 1951 a professor and head of the department. From 1951 to 1954 he worked as a scientific manager in the Baxter Laboratories in Morton Grove, Illinois .
About the Lasker Award
The Lasker Awards have been awarded annually since 1946 to living persons who have made major contributions to medical science or who have performed public service on behalf of medicine. They are administered by the Lasker Foundation, founded by advertising pioneer Albert Lasker and his wife Mary Woodard Lasker (a medical research activist). The awards are sometimes referred to as "America's Nobels."
Quick Facts
- Award: Lasker Award - Basic Medical Research
- Added: 2026-02-07
- Source: Wikipedia
- Established: 1946
- Presented by: Lasker Foundation