IN MEMORIAM Dorothy St. John, 93, Cooperstown; Assisted Nobelist Dr. Donnall Thomas COOPERSTOWN – Dorothy Katherine St. John, 93, who assisted Nobel Prize winner Dr. E. Donnall Thomas in his research at Bassett Hospital, passed away peacefully at Woodside Hall on Feb. 3, 2021, with her family by her side. She was born July 13, 1927, in Danbury, Conn., the daughter of Herbert and Anna (Shreifer) Archer. She spent her childhood in Danbury and graduated from Danbury High School. Continuing her…
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Anesthesia Researcher Wins 2016 E. Donnall Thomas Prize COOPERSTOWN – Shashank Kotakonda, M.D., internal medicine resident in his third year of training at Bassett Hospital, has won the 2016 E. Donnall Thomas Award for exceptional research. The award is named for the Bassett’s physician-in-chief from 1955 to 1963, who received the 1990 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his pioneering work in bone marrow transplantation. He performed the first such transplant at Bassett in 1956.…