Evelyn M. Anderson

Evelyn M. Anderson
An older white woman, smiling, at a microscope
Evelyn M. Anderson in an undated NASA photograph
Born(1899-03-20)March 20, 1899
DiedJune 8, 1985(1985-06-08) (aged 86)
EducationCarleton College
University of California, Berkeley
University of Montreal
Spouse
Webb Edward Haymaker
(m. 1936; died 1984)
Children3
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1946)

Evelyn M. Anderson (March 20, 1899 – June 8, 1985) was an American physiologist and biochemist, most known for her co-discovery of adrenocorticotropic hormone (adreno-cortical thyroid hormone or ACTH) in 1934.[1][2]

Three women, smiling; the middle woman is holding an award.
Anderson (center) with Eleanor C. Pressly (left) and Nancy Grace Roman, at a 1964 award ceremony
  1. ^ "Register of the Evelyn Anderson Papers, 1918-1972". The Regents of the University of California. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  2. ^ Alison Li (2003). J.B. Collip and the development of medical research in Canada: extracts and enterprise. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 65. ISBN 9780773571457.

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