George H. Hitchings

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1988
Co Nobelists Sir James W. Black, Gertrude B. Elion

Chemist, Pharmacologist. Discovered principles for drug treatment; developed drugs - anticancer, immunosuppressive, antiviral, antibacterial, anti-gout, anti-malarial. Purines. 6-mercaptopurine, Imuran, allopurinol, pyramethamine, trimethoprim, Acyclovir.

"My greatest satisfaction … save lives, relieve suffering. At baptism, my father dedicated my life to service of mankind. Very proud … able to fulfill his hopes."

Nobel Prize Cash & Philanthropy

George Hitchings donated the entire Nobel Prize money to the Triangle Community Foundation, North Carolina. In 1983 he had been the founder of the foundation. In the Research Triangle Park area, the foundation financially supports health care for the poor, protection for battered women, sending poor children to camps and other services.