Dr. Harold Amos, 84, Harvard professor emeritus, dies.(Education)

From: Jet | Date: March 24, 2003 | Copyright information

Dr. Harold Amos. 84, a noted microbiologist who was Harvard Medical chair, recently died at Massachusetts General Hospital following a stroke.

Amos, a former adviser to President Richard M. Nixon and a recipient of Howard University's Dr. Charles R. Drew World Medical Prize, was born in Pennsauken, N.J. He earned a degree in chemistry from Springfield College in Massachusetts. After he served in World War II, Amos earned a master's, from Harvard University and doctorate ...

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