Louis J. Ignarro Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine Photo Archive, 1998
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Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Louis J. Ignarro Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Photo Archive,
Date (inclusive): 1998
Collection number: 170
Creator: Dr. Anjay Rastogi et
al.
Extent:
1 document box
1 oversize folder
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections
Division
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: The collection consists of pictorial materials,
including photographs provided by Dr. Ignarro, assembled for "Louis J. Ignarro:
the Road to Stockholm: a Nobel Mission," an exhibit displayed in the UCLA
Biomedical Library, 1999. The exhibit was curated by Anjay Rastogi, UCLA
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, with collaboration of the UCLA
Chancellor's Office and the Biomedical Library's History and Special Collections
Division.
Physical location: Biomedical Library History and Special
Collections Division, University of California, Los Angeles.
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
Access
The collection is open for research. Contact the History and Special
Collections Division, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA, for
information.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Louis J. Ignarro Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine photo archive (Manuscript collection 170).
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Louis J. Ignarro was born May 31, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York. He studied
chemistry and pharmacy as an undergraduate at Columbia University and
pharmacology, with a minor in cardiac physiology, at the University of Minnesota
in Minneapolis, where he received a Ph.D. in 1966. Following an appointment in
the Department of Pharmacology at Tulane University in New Orleans (1979-1985),
he became Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at the UCLA School of
Medicine in Los Angeles in 1985. In 1998, Ignarro, Robert F. Furchgott, and
Ferid Murad were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for
their discoveries concerning "nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in the
cardiovascular system."
Scope and Content
The collection consists of pictorial materials assembled for an exhibit at
UCLA by Anjay Rastogi, UCLA Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology,
with collaboration of the UCLA Chancellor's Office and the UCLA Biomedical
Library's History and Special Collections Division. The exhibit, entitled "Louis
J. Ignarro: The road to Stockholm: A Nobel Mission" focused on Ignarro's early
life, his research and teaching, and the Nobel ceremony and banquet. There are
twenty-one folders, the last of which is oversize and housed in the map case of
the History Special and Collections Division of the UCLA Biomedical Library.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Ignarro, Louis
J.
Nitric Oxide--history.
Nobel Prize--Biography.
Box 1, Folder 1
The Nobel Prize ceremony.
Physical Description: 5 sheets of photographs, each with one 5 x 7" and three 2 x 3" glossy
prints
Scope and Content Note
1. Ignarro accepting the Noble Prize from King Carl Gustav of Sweden; 2. LJI
holding his Nobel Diploma at the ceremony; 3. King Carl Gustav and LJI at the
banquet; 4. LJI and his wife Sharon dancing at the banquet; 5. the banquet
tables set before dinner
Box 1, Folder 2
The Nobel Prize ceremony.
Physical Description: 8 sheets of photographs plus two 8 x 11" prints
Scope and Content Note
1. the Nobel laureates; 2. the Ignarro group; 3. King Carl Gustaf and Queen
Silvia of Sweden; 4. dancing; 5. the banquet
Box 1, Folder 3
President Clinton with Drs. Sharon & Louis Ignarro at the
White House.
Physical Description: one 8 x 10", one 5 x 7", and three 2 x 3" prints
Box 1, Folder 4
Press conference at UCLA.
Physical Description: one sheet and one 5 x 8" print
Scope and Content Note
Chancellor Carnesale, Dr. and Mrs. Ignarro on the podium
Box 1, Folder 5
Miscellaneous photographs.
Physical Description: one sheet ; three 2 x 3" photos
Scope and Content Note
LJI holding a large "Congratulations" card, head and shoulders portrait, and
LJI astride a motorcycle
Box 1, Folder 6
LJI and family members.
Physical Description: three sheets, two 8 x 10", four sets of three 2 x 3" photos
Box 1, Folder 7
LJI, wife and members of his UCLA research team.
Physical Description: two sheets, one 6 x 9", one 5 x 7", two 4 x 6", and two sets of three
2 x 3" photos
Scope and Content Note
includes Georgette Buga and Prof. Gautham Chaudhuri
Box 1, Folder 8
Robert F. Furchgott, portrait.
Physical Description: one 5 x 7" and two 2 x 3" photos
Scope and Content Note
co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Box 1, Folder 9
Ferid Murad, portrait.
Physical Description: one 5 x 7" and two 2 x 3" photos
Scope and Content Note
co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Box 1, Folder 10
Gerald S. Levey, portrait.
Physical Description: one 5 x 7" and two 2 x 3" photos
Scope and Content Note
Provost of Medical Sciences and Dean, UCLA School of Medicine
Box 1, Folder 11
Alan M. Fogelman, portrait.
Physical Description: two 5 x 7" and one 8 x 10" photos
Scope and Content Note
Executive Chair, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Box 1, Folder 12
Michael E. Phelps, portrait.
Physical Description: two 2 x 3" photos
Scope and Content Note
Chair, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Department of
Biophysics, and Crump Institute, UCLA School of Medicine
Box 1, Folder 13
Gautham Chaudhuri, portrait
Physical Description: one 3 x 4" and three 4 x 6" photos
Scope and Content Note
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCLA School of Medicine
Box 1, Folder 14
Unidentified portrait.
Physical Description: one 5 x 7" and one 8 x 10" photo
Box 1, Folder 15
LJI as a young adolescent.
Physical Description: one 5 x 7" and one 8 x 10" photo
Scope and Content Note
with accordion, with cat, and with another boy
Box 1, Folder 16
Miscellaneous photos from Stockholm.
Physical Description: two sheets, one 7 x 9", and three 2 x 3" photos
Scope and Content Note
street scene; scenic view of the harbor; Dr. Sharon Ignarro and LJI in a
boardroom; a theatrical performance
Box 1, Folder 17
Nobel Prize medal, obverse view.
Physical Description: one 6 x 7" mounted photo
Box 1, Folder 18
Published materials concerning Dr. Ignarro's nitric oxide
research.
Physical Description: seven 8 x 10" photos
Scope and Content Note
cover illustrations and a table-of-contents of scientific journals, plus
illustration of nitric oxide formation pathway
Box 1, Folder 19
Humorous illustrations about nitrous oxide.
Physical Description: three 8 x 10" photos, one mounted
Scope and Content Note
two cartoons, one in English, one in Italian, and an altered movie poster for
"Dr. NO" with "Lou Ignarro as 007"
Box 1, Folder 20
Statistics.
Physical Description: three bar graphs, mounted
Scope and Content Note
mortality in the U.S., prevalence of cardiovascular disease in the U.S., and
the number of publications on nitric oxide from 1986-1998
Folder 21
"The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1998".
Physical Description: 40 x 28" poster
Scope and Content Note
poster issued by the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, Karolinska
Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; holographic inscription: "To the Biomedical
Library, thanks, Louis J. Ignarro. 7-27-99"
Note
housed in the map case of the History and Special Collections Division
of the UCLA Biomedical Library