Louis J. Ignarro Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Photo Archive, 1998

Processed by Pat L. Walter.
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division
History and Special Collections Division
UCLA
12-077 Center for Health Sciences
Box 951798
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1798
Phone: 310/825-6940
Fax: 310/825-0465
Email: biomed-ref@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/biomed/his/hisdiv.htm
©2005
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.


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.

Conditions of Use

Publication Rights

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

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4430898 

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