Alfred G. Knudson

Alfred George Knudson was an American geneticist and physician born in Los Angeles in 1922. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree and received his education at the California Institute of Technology, Columbia University, and the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. His professional work focused on genetics, and he was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.

Knudson received several prestigious awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Canada Gairdner International Award, the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, and the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences. He authored works such as *Advances in Neuroblastoma Research*, *Selected abstracts on genetic predisposition to cancer in man*, and *Genetics and disease*. He died in Philadelphia on July 10, 2016.