Awards & Winners

Howard E. Skipper

Howard Earle Skipper was a noted American oncologist. He grew up in Sebring, Florida and received his science degrees from the University of Florida. During the war, he became interested in cancer research while working for what was then called the Chemical Warfare Service of the United States Army. By 1957, he had became a notable cancer researcher in Alabama and went on to serve as head of the Southern Research Institute.

Awards by Howard E. Skipper

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1974


Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
(For his contributions to biology, biochemistry and pharmacology, which have laid the foundations for the chemotherapy of cancer.)