David A. Hamburg
David A. Hamburg is President Emeritus at Carnegie Corporation of New York, where he served as president from 1982 to 1997.[1] He also served as the President of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences and President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[2] He had previously been chair of the department of psychiatry at Stanford. His wife, Beatrix Hamburg, followed a similarly successful career path. Their daughter, Margaret Hamburg, is a physician who has followed their footsteps into public service becoming Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration in 2009.
Hamburg was awarded the Public Welfare Medal of the National Academy of Sciences in 1998, its most prestigious award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996.[3][4]
References
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- David A. Hamburg at Carnegie Corporation of New York
- A film clip "The Open Mind - America's Children . . . And Its Political Leadership (1993)" is available at the Internet Archive
- A film clip "The Open Mind - America's Giant Philanthropies: Mission Impossible? (1993)" is available at the Internet Archive
- AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy Welcomes Security and Public Health Expert David Hamburg
