Schatz, Wonder Drug Scientist,
To Receive National Recognition
By MORRIS J. JANOFF
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Noted scientist, Dr. ALBERT SCHATZ, co-discoverer of strepto-
mycin, poses with his family, at his home. On his lap is Diane,
age 4 1/2 , while Mrs. Schatz, the former Vivian Rosenfeld of Passaic,
holds their other daughter, Linda 2. The young brilliant Jewish
scientist was honored in Seattle, Wash., as one of the 10 outstand-
ing young Americans by the U.S. Junior Chamber of CoMmerce.
Dr. Albert Schatz, 33-year-old t . )
brilliant scientist of Fairview,
Spent Youth in Passaic
N.J. was honored in Seattle,
Schatz was born In Nor-
Wash., by the U. S. Junior
Chamber of Commerce, as one of with, Conn. His parents moved
the 10 outstanding young Ameri_ to Passaic when he was two
cans of 1953.
years old. He attended Passaic
Now professor of microbiology public schools, was given a reli-
and director of the research
laboratories at the National
Agricultural College in Pennsyl-
vania, Dr. Schatz was co-discov-
erer with Nobel Prize winner, Dr.
Selman Waksman of the won-
der drug, streptomycin.
An alumnus of Rutgers Uni-
versity, Dr. Schatz was doing
graduate work at the college in
1943 when he and Dr. Waksman
discovered streptomycin, which
was born out of soil research.
Won Due Recognition
Dr. Schatz, however, had to
start legal action before he re-
ceived the recognition due him.
Three years ago, an out-of-court
settlement was reached between
Dr. Schatz and Dr. Waksman in
which Dr. Schatz was officially
acknowledged as the co-discov-
erer of the wonder drug and
rightfully entitled to share the
royalties which is estimated will
amount to about $625,000.
When the announcement was
made that Dr. Waksman was to
receive the Nobel Prize, a move
was started to have the noted
Rutgers University scientist, Dr.
Waksman, share the award with
Dr. Schatz. It was pointed out
that in 1945, the Nobel Award
was shared by Sir Alexander
Fleming, Dr. Ernest Boris Chain
and Sir Howard Walter Florey
as the joint discoverers of peni-
cillin. However, no further ac-
tion was ever taken by the Car-
oline Institute of the University
Cif Stockholm, Sweden, which
makes the awards.
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gious training and was bar mitz-
vah at the Adas Israel Syna-
gogue in Passaic.
The Schatz family resides in a
newly developed section of Fair
Lawn at 15-02-11th St. Dr.
Schatz is married to the former
Vivian Rosenfeld, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rosenfeld,
of Passaic. Mrs. Schatz is active
in Hada.ssah. Her father is prin-
cipal of a Clifton grammar
school. Dr. Schatz' parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jules Schatz, also re-
side in Fair Lawn. The elder
Schatz is in the construction
business.
Plans To Visit Israel
Dr. Schatz is vitally interested
in the problems confronting our
people. He has a keen interest in
Israel and hopes to visit the
country next year.
In his position a.t the National
Agricultural College, Dr. Schatz
is now working on projects deal-
ing with attempts to understand
cancer formation and new ways
to control plant diseases.
lie is the author and co-author
of more than 50 scientific publi-
cations, including a recent text
on microbiology.
Last fall he was appointed one
of six vice-presidents at the
Sixth International Congress for
Microbiology held in Rome, Italy.
He is one of the youngest men
! ever to receive such a high
i honor.
After leaving Rutgers in 1946,
Dr. Schatz was associated with
the New York State Health De-
partment in Albany as a bio-
chemist, Sloan-Kettering Insti-
tute in New York, the Hopkins
Marine Station of Stanford Uni-
versity in College. He joined the
Only 3,00 Jews Remain
In Libya, Rome Paper Reports
ROME, (JTA) — The Rome
Jewish weekly, Voice of the Jew-
ish Community, published • a re-
port on the situation of the 3,-
000 Jews now in Libya. The re-
port pointed out that some 27,-
000 Jews had left the Arab
League state — a creation of the
United Nations — since the end
of the war because of pogroms,
racial laws and other forms of
discrimination.
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Friday, April 16, 1954
Dr. Schatz continues to devote
his life to combatting major
diseases suffered by humans and
plant life so that mankind can
enjoy a healthier and longer
life, more economic production
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