Alfred Gilman Sr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfred Gilman Sr.

American pharmacologist

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1908

Place of Birth: Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 13-Jan-1984

Profession: pharmacist, pharmacologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Alfred Zack Gilman (February 5, 1908 – January 13, 1984) was an American pharmacologist best known for pioneering early chemotherapy techniques using nitrogen mustard with his colleague, Louis S.
Goodman.
The pair also published the classic textbook The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics in 1941, and Gilman served as an editor for its first six editions.
Gilman served on the faculties of the Yale School of Medicine, the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he founded the Department of Pharmacology.
He was a member of U.S.
National Academy of Sciences.