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Hall of Fame Inductee

Dr. James R. Gavin, III

Livingstone College

About

James R. Gavin III, a Livingstone College graduate, is an endocrinologist who has held senior posts at the NIH, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Morehouse School of Medicine. He is a national authority on diabetes.

Accomplishments

  • Endocrinologist and former HHMI senior officer.
  • Diabetes researcher and Morehouse School of Medicine leader.
  • Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 1998.

Year of award

1998

Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame — Medicine.