St. Louis Walk of Fame - Carl & Gerty Cori

ST. LOUIS WALK OF FAME
CARL & GERTY CORI

Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Theresa Radnitz earned medical degrees from the German University of Prague in 1920 and married later that year. After they joined the Washington University School of Medicine in 1931, their discovery of the mechanism for blood glucose regulation earned them the Nobel Prize in 1947. Gerty Cori was the first American woman to be so honored. In addition, six eventual Nobel laureates received training in their laboratory. Carl Cori said of their remarkable collaboration: "Our efforts have been largely complementary, and one without the other would not have gone so far..."

Clifford Will, Professor & Chairman of Physics, Washington University accepted the award on behalf of Carl and Gerty Cori.

Date of Birth	Field/Achievement	Location of Star	Date of Induction
Carl: 12-5-1896 Gerty: 8-15-1896	Science/Education	6605 Delmar	5-15-1994

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