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Mary Lasker, 1957. Mary Woodard Lasker (* 30. November 1900 in Watertown, Wisconsin als Mary Rae Woodard; † 21. Februar 1994 in Greenwich, Connecticut) war eine einflussreiche US-amerikanische Aktivistin und Lobbystin für verschiedene gemeinnützige Stiftungen und Projekte, insbesondere im medizinischen Forschungs-, Fürsorge- und ...
Mary Woodard Lasker (November 30, 1900 – February 21, 1994) was an American health activist and philanthropist. She worked to raise funds for medical research and founded the Lasker Foundation . Early life. Mary Woodard was born in Watertown, Wisconsin, the daughter of Sara Johnson Woodard and Frank Elwin Woodard.
Medical philanthropist, political strategist, and health activist Mary Lasker (1900-1994) acted as the catalyst for the rapid growth of the biomedical research enterprise in the United States after World War II. Called "a matchmaker between science and society" by Jonas Salk, Lasker was a well-connected fundraiser and astute lobbyist who ...
Mary Woodard Lasker, Watertown native and philanthropist in the field of medical research, died Monday at her home in Greenwich, Conn. Woodard Lasker, who was 93, died of heart failure, according to her nephew, James Woodard Fordyce of Greenwich.
Born Mary Woodard in Watertown, Wisconsin, on November 30, 1900; died in Greenwich, Connecticut, on February 21, 1994; daughter of Frank Elwin Woodard (a banker and investor) and Sara (Johnson) Woodard; had a sister Alice Woodard; attended the University of Wisconsin; Radcliffe College, A.B. cum laude, 1923; postgraduate work at Oxford Universit...
Among the mostly male figures in the saga of the fight to defeat cancer portrayed in the documentary Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, is Mary Woodard Lasker. Born in 1900, she was a woman ahead of her time – a powerful businesswoman, art dealer and philanthropist who led a crusade to win passage of the National Cancer Act in 1971 and to ...
4. März 1994 · Cancer Program Advocate Mary Lasker, 93, Prodded Government, Scientists For Cures – The Cancer History Project. TCL Archives. March 4, 1994. Great commotion accompanied Mary Lasker’s visits to Capitol Hill.
