| LC control no. | n 81123683 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Choppin, Purnell W. |
| Associated place | New York (N.Y.) Chevy Chase (Md.) |
| Located | Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1929-07-04 |
| Death date | 2021-07-03 |
| Place of birth | Baton Rouge (La.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Field of activity | Virology Medicine |
| Affiliation | Howard Hughes Medical Institute Rockefeller University |
| Profession or occupation | Virologists Executives Medical teaching personnel College administrators |
| Found in | Receptors and human diseases, c1979 (a.e.) t.p. (Purnell W. Choppin) Washington post WWW site, viewed July 28, 2021 (in obituary dated July 24, 2021: Purnell W. Choppin, a leading researcher on viral infections who later headed the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, one of the world's largest funders of biomedical research, died July 3 at his home in Washington. He was 91 and died one day before his 92nd birthday. Dr. Choppin spent years as a virologist and administrator at New York's Rockefeller University before joining the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), based in Chevy Chase, Md., in 1985. Purnell Whittington Choppin was born July 4, 1929, in Baton Rouge, La. After an internship in St. Louis, Dr. Choppin became a postdoctoral fellow at Rockefeller University in 1957 and a full-time faculty member two years later. He was head of the virology department at Rockefeller and held other administrative posts, including vice president for academic programs and dean of graduate studies. Dr. Choppin spent a total of 14 years at the Hughes Medical Institute, including 12 as director) |
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