David Baltimore (born March 7, 1938) is an American biologist, university administrator, and Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. He served as president of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from 1997 to 2006, and is currently the President Emeritus and Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Biology at Caltech. He also served as president of Rockefeller University from 1990 to 1991, and was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2007. Dr. Baltimore has profoundly influenced international science, including key contributions to immunology, virology, cancer research, biotechnology, and recombinant DNA research, through his accomplishments as a researcher, administrator, educator, and public advocate for science and engineering. He was awarded the U.S. National Medal of Science in 1999.
My life is dedicated to increasing knowledge. We need no more justification for scientific research than that. My motivating force is not that I will find a 'cure' for cancer. There may never be a cure as such. I work because I want to understand. [Time magazine, 6 August 1979]
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Appointed president of the California Institute of Technology in 1997.
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Molecular biologist David Baltimore was only 37 when he won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "discoveries concerning the interaction between tumor viruses and the genetic material of the cell." He shared the award with Dr. Renato Dulbecco and Dr. Howard M. Temin. He was appointed associate professor of microbiology at MIT in 1968.
Miscellaneous
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Year
Status
Character
Frontline
2006
TV Series documentary outreach - 1 episode
Nova
2001
TV Series documentary advisor - 1 episode
Writer
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Year
Status
Character
Touched by a Killer
2001
Self
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Year
Status
Character
House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic
2009
Documentary
Himself - Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Do Not Alter?
2008
Video documentary short
Himself - Doctor & Former President, Caltech
Spirit of Exploration
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Closer to Truth
2000
TV Series
Himself
Jonas Salk: Personally Speaking
1999
Documentary short
Himself
Known for movies
House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic (2009) as Himself - Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Do Not Alter? (2008) as Himself - Doctor & Former President, Caltech
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