Dennis Bernard Amos (April 16, 1923 – May 15, 2003) was a British-born American immunologist. National Academies Press called him "one of the most distinguished scientists of the genetics of individuality of the twentieth century".National Academies Press, BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS, D. Bernard Amos, April 16, 1923 – May 15, 2003, By Edmond J. Yunis In 1969, Amos and Dr. David Hume founded the first regional organ sharing program in the United States. Amos made significant contributions in immunogenetics, tumor immunity, and transplantation immunology.
Awards and distinctions Amos was president of the American Association of Immunologists,The Journal of Immunology IN MEMORIAM, D. Bernard Amos April 16, 1923–May 15, 2003, Thomas F. Tedder and Jeffrey R. Dawson, Duke University, Medical Center president and founder of the International Transplantation Society, and the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the journal Human Immunology. Amos was elected to the National Academies of Science. He received the 3M Award from FASEB, the Rose Payne Award for Distinguished Science by the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, and the National Institutes of Health Research Career Award. He was awarded the Golding Bird Prize in Bacteriology as well as the Leonard Luubock Gold Medal.D. Amos, The Immunologist Amos was professor of immunology and experimental surgery at Duke University from 1962 to 1993.
Life and career Amos was born April 16, 1923, in Bromley, Kent, England. He earned his B.S. and M.B from Chelsea Polytechnic and his M.D. from Guy's Hospital Medical School in 1963. He died in Durham, North Carolina on May 15, 2003.
References
External links D. Bernard Amos Papers at Duke University Medical Center Archives Edmond J. Yunis, "D. Bernard Amos", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2004)