Stuart Arthur Kornfeld is a professor of medicine at

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and researcher in

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Early life and education

Kornfeld was born in St. Louis on October 4, 1936 to Ruth and Max Kornfeld. He graduated from

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in 1954. He received his A.B. in 1958 from

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and his MD in 1962 from

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. In 1959, he married Rosalind Hauk, a PhD student at

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Career

After medical school, Kornfeld did an internship at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, and spent 2 years (1963–1965) as a research associate at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases of the

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. He then returned to Washington University where he has remained since, serving as the school's hematology division head for thirty years. He and his wife Rosalind, with whom he collaborated scientifically, were recruited to the faculty in 1966 alongside Phil Majerus by the University's Chairman of Medicine. Kornfeld was first an instructor of medicine, was promoted to

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, and eventually

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in 1972. From 1991 to 1997, he served as the director of the

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Awards

* 1972—Elected to the

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* 1976—Elected to the

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* 1982—Elected to the

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* 1983—Elected to the

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* 1984—Elected to the

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* 1992 E. Donnall Thomas Prize,

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(inaugural recipient) * 1999—Karl Meyer Award, Society for Glycobiology * 2010—

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and

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) * 2010—Kober Medal,

*2012—Herbert Tabor/Journal of Biological Chemistry Lectureship,

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