The American Association of Immunologists

Hugh O. McDevitt, M.D.

Brief Bio

Hugh O'Neill McDevitt is emeritus professor of microbiology and immunology and of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. McDevitt was sixty-fifth president of the American Association of Immunologists from 1981 to 1982 and served on the AAI Council from 1976 to 1981. He was awarded the AAI Behring-Heidelberger Award in 1992 and the AAI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.

Oral History - Full Interview

Stanford Historical Society interview

Oral History - Transcript

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AAI Service History

Joined: 1969
President: 1981–1982
Vice President: 1980–1981
Councillor: 1976–1980

The Journal of Immunology
Section Editor: 1972–1975

Committees
Nominating Committee: Nominating Committee: 1986–1987 (chair)
Awards Committee: 1997–2000

Other Service
IUIS Delegate: 2010–2011

Awards and Honors

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1977
Member, Institute of Medicine, 1984
AAI Behring-Heidelberger Award, 1992
Foreign Member, Royal Society, 1994
Novartis Clinical Immunology Prize, 2004
AAI Lifetime Achievement Award, 2006

Institutional/Biographical Links

Stanford School of Medicine profile