Whitehead Institute receives "History Makers
Award"
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (November 3, 2004)—Whitehead
Institute for Biomedical Research will receive the 2004
History Makers Award, presented by the Boston History
Collaborative “for pioneering discoveries in biomedical
research, including spearheading the Human Genome Project.”
The award will be presented November 16 at a celebratory
dinner at the Seaport Boston Hotel. Other award recipients
for 2004 are Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital for advancing
modern medical care with the invention of the Heart
Pacemaker, and the Big Dig for innovations in city planning.
The Boston History Collaborative is a Boston-based,
not-for-profit alliance of senior historians, neighborhood
and civic leaders, and representatives from the tourism
industry, business community, and local government,
designed to promote the vitality of Boston as a hub
of innovation. The Collaborative pursues this mission
through projects including books, tours, and dramatic
performances.
To choose award recipients, the Collaborative polled
nearly 1,000 Boston-area business, academic, and research
leaders. The fact that so many chose Whitehead is “an
indication about how strongly people in leadership positions
in Boston feel that Whitehead’s research is something
that affects the nation and the world,” says Robert
Krim, the Collaborative’s Executive Director.
For the ceremony, the Collaborative is preparing a
dramatic presentation that portrays the work of Whitehead
Member David Page.
Last year Page published a ground-breaking paper that
challenged the long-held assumption that the Y chromosome—which
determines that a child is born male—was destined
to extinction. Krim notes that, for the ceremony, his
group is working with the chefs at the Seaport Hotel
to prepare desserts that reflect Page’s work on
the Y chromosome.
“It’s a unique award that has people coming
down to eat a piece of it,” notes Krim.
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