John F. Anderson (scientist)
John Fleetezelle Anderson (born March 14, 1873) was the third director of the United States Hygienic Laboratory, the precursor to the National Institutes of Health.
Anderson led the Hygienic Laboratory from October 1, 1909 - November 19, 1915.[1]
Anderson studied medicine and received his M.D. degree in 1895 from the University of Virginia. After graduating he studied bacteriology abroad in Vienna, Paris, and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.[2] Upon returning to the US in 1898, he joined the Marine Hospital Service. In 1902, he was made assistant director of the Hygienic Laboratory,[2] and in 1909, he became the director. He resigned in 1915 to become the director of the Research and Biological Laboratories and later vice president of E. R. Squibb & Sons.
Anderson is noted for his research.[3] He is considered an early expert in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. He developed an experimental measles model in rhesus monkeys with Joseph Goldberger.[4]
In 1955, the University of Virginia established the John F. Anderson Memorial Lectureship in his honor.[5]
Anderson died in 1958.[4]
