Commentary: What Does Nat'l Academy of Sciences Election Mean for Oklahoma?
J. Capra, THE JOURNAL RECORD
On April 30, Charles Esmon, Lloyd Noble Chair in Cardiovascular
Research and head of the Cardiovascular Research Program at the
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, was elected to the National
Academy of Sciences.
The news was reported in the press, and OMRF
had a gala party to celebrate the event. Esmon is a highly gifted
scientist who has spent the better part of his entire scientific
career in Oklahoma, most at OMRF. As such, he is the first
"Oklahoman" elected to the National Academy in the arena of
biomedical research. Two other OMRF scientists came to Oklahoma as
members of the academy and Douglas Lilly, a geophysicist at OU, is
also a member.
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Article title: Commentary: What Does Nat'l Academy of Sciences Election Mean for Oklahoma?.
Contributors: J. Capra - Author.
Newspaper title: THE JOURNAL RECORD.
Publication date: June 19, 2002.
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