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H. Boyd Woodruff, right, with his mentor at Rutgers, Dr. Selman A. Waksman, in 1940.
Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries; thumbnail, Ashley Woodruff, 2004
H. Boyd Woodruff
Died on January 19, 2017 at age 99
Dr. Woodruff’s groundbreaking research enabled fellow scientists to harvest an arsenal of lifesaving antibiotics from ordinary dirt.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.