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Article: Mary W. Lasker, 93; co-founded Lasker Medical Research Award

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February 23, 1994
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Mary (Woodard) Lasker, a philanthropist once described by polio researcher Jonas Salk as "a matchmaker between science and society," died of heart failure Monday in her home in Greenwich, Conn. She was 93.

Mrs. Lasker, along with her husband, the late Albert D. Lasker, founded the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation and established the Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards.

The Lasker Awards are given to honor medical, biological or clinical work that leads to significant lessening of a major cause of disability or death. Since the Lasker Awards were established in 1944, they have become one of the most prestigious in the medical profession and more than 40 Lasker winners have gone on to ...

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