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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.