Jon van Rood

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In this Dutch name, the surname is van Rood, not Rood.
Jon van Rood (Robert Koch Prize, Dec. 1977

Johannes Joseph "Jon" van Rood (7 April 1926, Scheveningen – 21 July 2017) was a Dutch immunologist. He founded Eurotransplant in 1967,[1] a non-profit organization responsible for encouraging and coordinating organ transplants.

Awards

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In 1977 van Rood was awarded the Robert Koch Prize.[2] In 1978, he was awarded the Wolf Prize in Medicine, jointly with George D. Snell and Jean Dausset, "for his contribution to the understanding of the complexity of the HLA system in man and its implications in transplantation and in disease."[3] Van Rood was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1978.[4] In 1989 he was awarded the Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine.[5]

Death

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He died on 21 July 2017 in Leeuwarden.[6]

Publications (sel.)

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References

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  1. ^ History Archived 2019-08-30 at the Wayback Machine, Eurotransplant. Retrieved on 29 Juli 2017.
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  3. ^ The Wolf Prize in Medicine Archived 2009-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
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