Two Jewish scientists, one an American and the other a citizen of the Soviet Union, received prizes of $10, 000 each here today, plus UN citations, for “outstanding research work in the causes and control of cancerous disease. ” The Jewish scientists, among seven thus rewarded by the United Nations, are Dr. Ludwik Gross, who is on the staff of the United States Veterans Administration Hospital, in The Bronx; and Dr. Leon H. Shabad, head of the Cancer Research Bureau of the Institute of Experimental and Clinical Oncology of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences.
The awards were established by the General Assembly in 1959, and this year was the first time that the winners have been selected. Dr. Gross, who was born in Cracow, Poland, came to the United States in 1940. He has been chief of research at the Veterans Administration Hospital in The Bronx since 1946. He has won a number of other outstanding scientific prizes in this country and in Europe for his contributions to cancer research.
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