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In Memory of John R. LaMontagne, Ph.D.

Former NIAID Deputy Director

The John R. LaMontagne Memorial Lecture

• Videocast of the second LaMontagne lecture: "Vaccines: The Health Insurance of the 21st Century," presented by Rino Rappuoli, Ph.D., May 6, 2008.


• Poster from lecture (PDF)


• Videocast of the first LaMontagne lecture: "Pandemic Influenza: Lessons Learned and Revisited," presented by Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D., M.P.H., May 16, 2006.
 

• Poster from lecture (PDF)

Remarks delivered at memorial service by HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson

Eulogy for Dr. LaMontagne, delivered at memorial service by NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.

Remarks delivered at memorial service by George T. Curlin, M.D., M.P.H.

NIAID statement on Dr. LaMontagne's death

Statement of HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson

New York Times: John LaMontagne, 61, Expert on Development of Vaccines, Dies (PDF)

Washington Post: NIH Administrator John LaMontagne Dies (PDF)

Obituary in The Lancet (PDF) 

Obituary in The Scientist (PDF)

Death notice in Science magazine (PDF)

TB Alliance statement

Minority Scientists Network: In Memoriam: John R. LaMontagne (PDF)

IDSA News: In Memoriam: John R. LaMontagne, Ph.D., by Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.

NIH Record: NIAID mourns loss of LaMontagne

Meeting Proceedings of the John R. LaMontagne Memorial Symposium on Pandemic Influenza Research, held in April, 2005

Journal of Public Health Policy: In Memoriam (PDF)

University of Texas: New Endowment Honors True Public Health Hero: John Ring LaMontagne (PDF)

Memorial gifts may be made to The John R. LaMontagne Fellowship in International Medicine. The purpose of the fellowship is to fund scientific research in the areas to which Dr. LaMontagne dedicated his career. Contributions should be mailed to: NIAID, 31 Center Drive MSC 2520, Building 31, Room 7A03, Bethesda, MD, 20892.

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