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Toxicological Sciences 65, 4-6 (2002)
Copyright © 2002 by the Society of Toxicology

PROFILES IN TOXICOLOGY

James Hervi Sterner, 1904–1992

Norman J. Ashenburg*,{dagger},1, Thomas Ely*, Paul B. Morrow{dagger}, Robert L. Raleigh*, Richard F. Scherberger* and William L. Sutton*

* Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York (retired); and {dagger} The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York (emeritus)

A pioneer in industrial toxicology, industrial hygiene, and occupational medicine, Jim Sterner was a distinguished leader in all three disciplines. Born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania in 1904, Dr. Sterner graduated from Pennsylvania State College in 1928 where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1932 he received his medical degree from Harvard University, followed by a four-year residency in internal medicine at the Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia.

Dr. Sterner's initial career objective was to practice internal medicine in Philadelphia. However, this plan was changed by an invitation from Dr. William Sawyer, Medical Director of Eastman Kodak Company, to Rochester to discuss the development of a laboratory of industrial medicine. Dupont's Haskell Laboratory for Toxicology and Industrial Medicine and Dow's Laboratory of Industrial Medicine had just been established. Kodak's facility would be the third in American industry. With a strong background in chemistry and medicine, Dr. Sterner envisioned the laboratory director's . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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