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A clipping of the New York Times obituary of Dr. Leroy Upson Gardner, director of the Saranac Laboratory and the Trudeau Foundation, datelined Saranac Lake, October 24, 1946, the day he died at home at 57. It called him "an international leader in the research of silicosis and other industrial diseases," described his plans to expand the laboratory and build a medical center, and outlined his career: Yale degrees, teaching at Harvard and Yale, pathologist to the Trudeau Foundation from 1919, director of the laboratory from 1927, and the Knudsen Award of 1940 for his research on silicosis.
- Published by
- The New York Times
- Series
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
- Date
- October 25, 1946
- Number
- Simpson no. 05875-05876
- Rights
- Newspaper obituary published by The New York Times in October 1946; copyright renewal not yet checked.
What it shows
The obituary speaks only of Gardner's silicosis work; it does not mention the asbestos experiments the industry was paying for when he died. Saranac Laboratory's own notice of his death went to Johns-Manville the same day (Manfred Bowditch's letter to Vandiver Brown).
In Johns-Manville's index
Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes this document as follows:
"Dr. Gardner Dies; Silicosis Expert." Gives information on Gardner's personal life and a brief outline of his work history.
About this copy
This is document 05875-05876 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.
Cited on this site
Cite this document
“The New York Times, "Dr. Gardner Dies; Silicosis Expert".” October 25, 1946. The Sumner Simpson Papers, Simpson no. 05875-05876. The New York Times. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/articles/the-new-york-times-dr-gardner-dies-silicosis-expert-1946.
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