Henry Lemon Memorial Lecture
1998
Speaker - Marc E. Lipman, M.D.
2000 Speaker - Barbara Weber, M.D.
2001 Speaker - V. Craig Jordan, Ph.D., DSc.
2004 Speaker - Nancy E. Davidson, M.D.
2006 Speaker - Carlos L.
Arteaga, M.D.
Description:
In honor of a distinguished researcher and dedicated mentor, the Henry
Lemon, M.D., Memorial Lectureship in Breast Cancer was established in
1998.
When Henry Lemon, M.D., joined the University of Nebraska Medical Center
in 1961 to serve as director of the newly founded Eppley Institute for
Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, he became Nebraska’s first
medical oncologist. During his seven-year tenure as Eppley Institute director,
Dr. Lemon was instrumental in establishing UNMC as a major cancer research
and treatment center.
A native of Chicago, Dr. Lemon attended the University of Chicago and Harvard Medical School, receiving his medical degree cum laude from Harvard in 1940. Before accepting his position with the Eppley Institute, Dr. Lemon was an associate professor of medicine at Boston University for 15 years, where he developed a cancer research program and collaborated with the esteemed scientist Isaac Asimov.
While at UNMC, he also served as assistant dean for research affairs in the College of Medicine from 1961 to 1965. In 1968, he was named professor in the department of internal medicine, a position he enjoyed for nearly 20 years. Following his retirement in 1986, Dr. Lemon was named emeritus professor.
As a cancer researcher, Dr. Lemon warned of the cancer-causing effects of cigarette smoking in the mid-60s, developed better methods to administer chemotherapy, and contributed to a program to improve the teaching of cancer in medical schools. His lifetime research interests were breast cancer, estrogen hormones, and breast cancer prevention.
Dr. Lemon was recognized with numerous awards, including the Margaret Hay Edwards Achievement Medal from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists in 1989 and the Samuel C. Harvey Lecturer at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Education in 1980.
