KLEIN, George 1925–

PERSONAL: Born July 28, 1925, in Budapest, Hungary. Education: Karolinska Institute, M.D., 1951; University of Chicago, D.Sc. (with honors), 1966; University of Debrecen, M.D. (with honors), 1988; Hebrew University, Ph.D., 1989.

ADDRESSES: Office—Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Karolinska Institute, Box 280, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Budapest University, Budapest, Hungary, instructor in histology, 1945, instructor in pathology, 1946; Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, research fellow, 1947–49, assistant professor of cell research, 1951–57, professor of tumor biology and department head, 1957–. Institute for Cancer Research, guest investigator, 1950; Stanford University, visiting professor, 1961; Harvard University, Dunham Lecturer, 1966; American Association of Cancer Research, Clowes Memorial Lecturer, 1967; Swedish Medical Association, Lennander Lecturer, 1967; Hebrew University, visiting professor, 1973–; University of Arizona, Donald Wae Waddel Lecturer, 1991.

MEMBER: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Nobel Assembly of Karolinska Institute, Scientific Advisory Council of the Swedish Medical Board, National Academy of Sciences of the United States, American Philosophical Society, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Cancer Immunology (founding member), American Association of Immunologists, French Society of Immunology, American Association for Cancer Research, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

AWARDS, HONORS: Bertha Goldblatt Teplitz Award (with Eva Klein), 1960; Danish Pathological Society Prize, 1967; Fogarty Scholar, National Institute of the Humanities, 1972; Rabbi Shai Shacknai Prize in Tumor Immunology, 1972; Bertner Award, 1973; Annual Award, American Cancer Society, 1973; Harvey Lecturer, 1973; Prix Griffuel, 1974; Harvey Prize, 1975; Gardner Award, 1976; Behring Prize, 1977; Bjoerken Prize, 1978; Sloan Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation, 1979; Santa Chiara Academy Award, 1979; Erik Fernstroem Prize (with Eva Klein), 1983; Anniversary Prize, Swedish Medical Association, 1983; Letterstedt Prize, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1989; Dobloug Prize, Swedish Academy of Literature, 1990; Lisl and Leo Eitinger Prize, Oslo University, 1990.

WRITINGS:

(Editor) Viral Oncology, Raven Press (New York, NY), 1980.

(Editor) Oncogene Studies, Raven Press (New York, NY), 1982.

(Editor) The Transformation-Associated Cellular p53 Protein, Raven Press (New York, NY), 1982.

DNA-Virus Oncogenes and Their Action, Raven Press (New York, NY), 1983.

Istaellet foer Hemland, Bonniers (Stockholm, Sweden), 1984.

Mechanisms of Neoplastic Transformation at the Cellular Level: Advances in Viral Oncology, Raven Press (New York, NY), 1984.

(Editor) Viruses as the Causative Agents of Naturally Occurring Tumors, Raven Press (New York, NY), 1985.

Ateisten och den Heliga Staden, Bonniers (Stockholm, Sweden), 1987.

(Editor) Analysis of Multistep Scenarios in the Natural History of Human or Animal Cancer, Raven Press (New York, NY), 1987.

(Editor) Experimental Approaches to Multifactorial Interactions in Tumor Development, Raven Press (New York, NY), 1987.

Cellular Oncogene Activation, Dekker (New York, NY), 1988.

Pieta, Bonniers (Stockholm, Sweden), 1989, MIT Press (Cambridge, MA), 1992.

Tumorigenic DNA Viruses, Raven Press (New York, NY), 1989.

Tumor Suppressor Genes, Dekker (New York, NY), 1990.

The Atheist and the Holy City: Encounters and Reflections, MIT Press (Cambridge, MA), 1990.

(With Per Ahlmark) Motstaandet, Bonniers (Stockholm, Sweden), 1991.

Den sjunde djävulen, Bonniers (Stockholm, Sweden), 1995.

Live Now: Inspiring Accounts of Overcoming Adversity, Prometheus Books (New York, NY), 1997.

Korpens Blick: Essäer om vetenskap och moral, Bonniers (Stockholm, Sweden), 1998.

Editor of Advances in Cancer Research series, Academic Press, and Advances in Viral Oncology series, Raven Press (New York, NY), beginning 1982. Contributor to periodicals.