George M. Martin Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Research on Alzheimer's Disease

Dr. George M. Martin, member of The Ellison Medical Foundation Scientific Advisory Board, and Professor of Pathology and Adjunct Professor of Genetics at the University of Washington in Seattle was one of 5 recipients of the first set of "Lifetime Achievement Awards for Research on Alzheimer's Disease." The awards were presented on July 11, 2000 at the World Alzheimer Congress 2000 in Washington, DC.

Dr. Martin was the Founding Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of Washington and has been a faculty member since 1957. He is a senior member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and President-elect of the American Federation for Aging Research.