WORCESTER, Mass. – There will be a lecture by Joseph E. Murray, M.D., on Wednesday, April 24, at 4 p.m. in the Rehm Library of Smith Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public. It is the first annual Thomas More Lecture on Faith, Work and Civic Life.
A member of the Holy Cross Class of 1940, Murray is the 1990 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work on kidney transplantation. In 1954 he performed the first human kidney transplant, launching the era of organ transplantation. His subsequent work, for which he was cited by the Nobel committee, advanced doctors' ability to prevent transplant rejection.
Murray is professor of medicine emeritus at Harvard Medical School and the author of a recent memoir, "Surgery of the Soul." The Thomas More Lecture on Faith, Work and Civic Life honors a graduate of Holy Cross who exemplifies the College's dedication to the integration of faith and learning.
Nobel Laureate to Deliver Thomas More Lecture at Holy Cross
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