Joyce Jacobson Kaufman (June 21, 1929 - August 26, 2016) was an American chemist known for advancing the science of

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and for clinical research on anaesthetics. Born to an immigrant family in the Bronx and educated at Johns Hopkins University, she worked at the Sorbonne and

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before returning to Johns Hopkins. She was elected as a fellow of the American Institute of Chemists in 1965, and of the

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in 1966. Her other accolades include the 1973 Garvan Medical Award of the American Chemical Society and the Legion of Honour in 1969.

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