Mrs. Albert D. Lasker, president of the Albert and Mary Lasker foundation, poses with three 1968 Albert Lasker medical research award winners, and Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, second from left, Chairman of the Jury that chose them, on Nov. 19, 1968 in New York. From left: Dr. Marshall W. Niremberg, National Heart Institute; Dr. DeBakey; Mrs. Lasker; Dr. John H. Gibbon Jr., Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; and Dr. William F. Windle, New York University medical center. (AP Photo)