A(lfred) N(ewton) Richards

Pharmacologist, born in Stamford, New York, USA. He taught at Columbia (1904–8) and Northwestern (1908–10) Universities before settling at the University of Pennsylvania (1910–46). In World War 2 he chaired the Committee on Medical Research, which made penicillin available for widespread use.

died March 24, 1966) was an American pharmacologist,

Richards served as chairman of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine's Department of Pharmacology from 1910 to 1946; That same year, Richards also became an Associate Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania.

Awards and honors

Abraham Flexner Award of the Association of American Medical Colleges Gerhard Medal of the Pathological Society of Philadelphia Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians John Scott Medal of the City of Philadelphia the gold medal of theNew York Academy of Medicine Keyes Medal of the Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons Philadelphia Bok Award Procter Award of the Philadelphia Drug Exchange Guggenheim Cup Award Lasker Award Kovalenko Medal of the National Academy of Sciences.

Degrees held by Alfred Newton Richards

Doctor of Science from:

University of Pennsylvania Western Reserve University Yale University Harvard University Columbia University Williams College Princeton University New York University

Doctor of Laws from:

University of Edinburgh Johns Hopkins University

Doctor of Medicine from:

University of Pennsylvania University of Louvain