1950s- Klein

Jerome O. Klein, M.D. ’56, professor of pediatrics and vice chair for academic affairs at Boston Medical Center, received the 2002 Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases at a dinner in March at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington. Klein is a leader in research on otitis media and has helped define the treatment standards and protocols for ear infections in children. He has been active in studies of vaccines and antibiotic efficacy and infections of the fetus and newborn infant. Only two awards were presented at the event, the other going to Bill and Melinda Gates. Honorary co-chairs for the dinner were former Presidents and First Ladies Clinton, Carter and Ford.