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History
Whitehead Institute was founded in 1982 by industrialist and philanthropist Edwin C. “Jack” Whitehead (1920–1992), who sought to establish a research institute "dedicated to improving human health through basic biomedical science".[7][8][9] Whitehead believed that while such an institution should be closely affiliated with an academic institution, it should remain wholly independent and self-governing. In David Baltimore (1975 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine), Whitehead found a partner who agreed that this approach would create an "optimum environment for basic research".[10] As Whitehead Institute's Founding Director, Baltimore handpicked Harvey Lodish,[11] and Robert Weinberg from MIT,[12] Gerald Fink from Cornell University,[13] and Rudolf Jaenisch from University of Hamburg, Germany, to be Whitehead Institute's Founding Members.[14] This group then identified promising younger scientists to be the first generation of Whitehead Members; and they established the Whitehead Fellows Program as a vehicle for accelerating the careers of highly promising young investigators. |