Edward Calvin Kendall

Edward Calvin Kendall
Kendall in 1950
Born	(1886-03-08)March 8, 1886 South Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
Died	May 4, 1972(1972-05-04) (aged 86) Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Columbia University
Known for	Isolation of thyroxine Discovery of cortisone
Awards	Lasker Award (1949) Passano Foundation (1950) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1950) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1951)
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	Parke-Davis St. Luke's Hospital Mayo Clinic Princeton University

Edward Calvin Kendall (March 8, 1886 – May 4, 1972) was an American biochemist. In 1950, Kendall was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine along with Swiss chemist Tadeusz Reichstein and Mayo Clinic physician Philip S. Hench, for their work with the hormones of the adrenal glands. Kendall not only researched the adrenal glands, he also isolated thyroxine, a hormone of the thyroid gland and worked with the team that crystallized glutathione and identified its chemical structure.

Kendall was a biochemist at the Graduate School of the Mayo Foundation at the time of the Nobel award. He received his education at Columbia University. After retiring from his job with the Mayo Foundation, Kendall joined the faculty at Princeton University, where he remained until his death in 1972. Kendall Elementary School, in Norwalk is named for him.