Thomas H. Maren

Infobox Scientist
name = Dr. Thomas Maren

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birth_date = 1918
birth_place = New York City, New York
death_date = August 15, 1999
death_place = Bar Harbor, Maine
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citizenship = American
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field = Scientific Research
work_institutions = University of Florida
alma_mater = Princeton University
John Hopkins University
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known_for = Inventing Trusopt,serving in World War II
prizes = Honorary Doctorate from
Uppsala University in Sweden

Thomas H. Maren (1918 – August 15, 1999) was a professor of medicine at the University of Florida. He was the founding father for the University of Florida College of Medicine, and he invented Trusopt to help people with glaucoma. [ [http://news.ufl.edu/1999/08/16/maren/ University of Florida News - Dr. Thomas Maren, A Founding Father Of UF’s Medical College And Renowned Basic Scientist, Dies At Summer Home In Maine ] ]

Life and death

Maren was born in New York City, and he served the war effort in World War II. He was educated at Princeton University, and received his medical degree from John Hopkins University. [http://www.bio.georgiasouthern.edu/Bull-MDIBL/Bull-00/reports/pages/Maren.PDF]

Maren died at the age of 81 of heart failure.

Education

* Bachelors degree in chemistry from Princeton University in 1938.
* Medical degree from John Hopkins University in 1951.

Awards

* Hopkins Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award.
* Honorary Doctorate from Uppsala University.
* Inducted into the Hopkins Society of Scholars.

References

External links

* [http://news.ufl.edu/1999/08/16/maren/ Official UF press release about Dr. Maren's death]
* [http://www.bio.georgiasouthern.edu/Bull-MDIBL/Bull-00/reports/pages/Maren.PDF Information about Thomas Maren's career]
* [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15182266 About his research]