The American Association of Immunologists

Richard W. Dutton, Ph.D.

Brief Bio

Richard W. Dutton is a professor of pathology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Dutton was president of The American Association of Immunologists from 1995 to 1996 and served on the AAI Council from 1990 to 1997. He was awarded the AAI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004 and elected a Distinguished Fellow of AAI in 2019.

Oral History - Full Interview

Interview Date: Friday, November 2, 2012
Location: Worcester, MA

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Oral History - Transcript

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Oral History - Clips

Family Background (4:34)
Decision to Study Biochemistry (1:06)
Graduate and Postdoc Research (1:29)
Relationship between Science and Technology (1:24)
Moving to the United States (2:03)
Research at Scripps (2:09)

Teaching at UCSD, 1968–1996 (2:34)
Research Highlights at UCSD (3:43)
State of Science in the United States Today (3:14)
Happiest Moments of Career (0:21)
Advice for Trainees (1:16)
What Do You Do for Fun? (0:37)

AAI Service History

Joined: 1963
President: 1995–1996
Vice President: 1994–1995
Councillor: 1990–1994

Committees
Standing Education Committee: 1969–1970
Education Committee: 1970–1971
Awards Committee: 1983–1984 (chair), 1999–2000, 2000–2002 (chair)

Other Service
AAI Representative to IUIS General Assembly: 1993–2000

President's Address

"The regulation of the development of CD8 effector T cells," Delivered June 3, 1996

The Journal of Immunology 157 no. 10 (1996): 4287–92.

Awards and Honors

AAI Lifetime Achievement Award, 2004
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007
Distinguished Fellow, AAI, 2019

Institutional/Biographical Links

University of Massachusetts Medical School faculty page