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	'''Ernest L. Wynder''' (30 April 1922 – 14 July 1999), born Ernst Ludwig Wynder in Herford, Germany, was a Jewish Ritchie Boy and later an American epidemiologist and public-health researcher. With Evarts A. Graham he published the landmark 1950 ''Journal of the American Medical Association'' study that helped identify smoking as a contributory cause of lung cancer—work that shaped decades of cancer prevention research.		'''Ernest Ludwig Wynder''' (30 April 1922 – 14 July 1999), born Ernst Ludwig Wynder in Herford, Germany, was a Jewish Ritchie Boy and later an American epidemiologist and public-health researcher. With Evarts A. Graham he published the landmark 1950 ''Journal of the American Medical Association'' study that helped identify smoking as a contributory cause of lung cancer—work that shaped decades of cancer prevention research.
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	4448187125203174.jpg\|All the men identified in the pix are "Ritchie Boys." Seated - [[Habe-Bekessy, Hans (32719455)\|Hans Habe]]. Standing L-R - Unknown, [[Wynder, Ernest L (32926486)\|Ernest Wynder]], [[Kellen, Konrad (39701828)\|Konrad Kellen]], unknown, [[Heym, Stefan (32860259)\|Stefan Heym]], [[Atlas, Louis (32258804)\|Louis Atlas]], [[Weidenreich, Peter H. (32791342)\|Peter Weidenreich]] (last name later changed to Wyden), unknown, [[Eaton, Joseph W. (32498461)\|Joseph Eaton]]		4448187125203174.jpg\|All the men identified in the pix are "Ritchie Boys." Seated - [[Habe-Bekessy, Hans (32719455)\|Hans Habe]]. Standing L-R - Unknown, [[Wynder, Ernest Ludwig (32926486)\|Ernest Wynder]], [[Kellen, Konrad (39701828)\|Konrad Kellen]], unknown, [[Heym, Stefan (32860259)\|Stefan Heym]], [[Atlas, Louis (32258804)\|Louis Atlas]], [[Weidenreich, Peter H. (32791342)\|Peter Weidenreich]] (last name later changed to Wyden), unknown, [[Eaton, Joseph W. (32498461)\|Joseph Eaton]]
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	'''~~[[Wynder, Ernest L (32926486)\|~~Ernest L. Wynder]]''' (30 April 1922 – 14 July 1999), born ~~[[Wynder, Ernest L (32926486)\|~~Ernst Ludwig Wynder]] in Herford, Germany, was a Jewish Ritchie Boy and later an American epidemiologist and public-health researcher. With Evarts A. Graham he published the landmark 1950 ''Journal of the American Medical Association'' study that helped identify smoking as a contributory cause of lung cancer—work that shaped decades of cancer prevention research.		'''Ernest L. Wynder''' (30 April 1922 – 14 July 1999), born Ernst Ludwig Wynder in Herford, Germany, was a Jewish Ritchie Boy and later an American epidemiologist and public-health researcher. With Evarts A. Graham he published the landmark 1950 ''Journal of the American Medical Association'' study that helped identify smoking as a contributory cause of lung cancer—work that shaped decades of cancer prevention research.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	~~Wynder was born in Herford, Westphalia in 1922 to Jewish parents (a cousin of Robert Weinberg).~~ Ernst Ludwig Wynder was born on 30 April 1922 in Herford, Westphalia, to Jewish parents. In 1938 his family ~~fled~~ Nazi Germany for the United States, where he enrolled at New York University.		Ernst Ludwig Wynder was born on 30 April 1922 in Herford, Westphalia, to Jewish parents; he was a cousin of Robert Weinberg. In 1938 his family escaped Nazi Germany for the United States, where he enrolled at New York University.

	Roster and enlistment records list him as Ernest L Wynder (ASN 32926486), a German-born Jewish trainee ~~associated with Camp Ritchie~~; he enlisted ~~from~~ Newark, New Jersey, with four years of college noted on ~~the~~ service record.		Roster and enlistment records list him as Ernest L Wynder (ASN 32926486), a German-born Jewish trainee; he enlisted as a private at Newark, New Jersey, on 7 June 1943, with four years of college noted on his service record. He was at Camp Ritchie with [[:Category:Class 17\|Class 17]] but did not graduate, being dropped and assigned to the 5th Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company. He became a U.S. citizen during the war, and as a German speaker served in psychological warfare, monitoring German newscasts. He appears in a wartime group photograph of Ritchie Boys with [[Habe-Bekessy, Hans (32719455)\|Hans Habe]], [[Kellen, Konrad (39701828)\|Konrad Kellen]], [[Heym, Stefan (32860259)\|Stefan Heym]], [[Atlas, Louis (32258804)\|Louis Atlas]], [[Weidenreich, Peter H. (32791342)\|Peter Weidenreich]] (later Wyden), and [[Eaton, Joseph W. (32498461)\|Joseph Eaton]].

	~~In 1938 his family escaped Nazi rule and fled to the United States, where Wynder enrolled at New York University. After the war, he attended medical school at Washington University in St.~~ After the war Wynder studied medicine at Washington University in St.		After the war Wynder studied medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, receiving both a Bachelor of Science and an M.D. in 1950. In the summer of 1946 he had studied the smoking habits of 146 lung cancer patients in New York City, and from 1947, as a medical student, he worked with the thoracic surgeon Evarts A. Graham, collecting data on 604 lung cancer patients in hospitals across the country and comparing them with a cancer-free control group. Their paper, "Tobacco Smoking as a Possible Etiologic Factor in Bronchiogenic Carcinoma: A Study of 684 Proved Cases", published in the ''Journal of the American Medical Association'' on 27 May 1950, was one of the first major scientific studies to identify smoking as a contributory cause of lung cancer. Follow-up laboratory work begun with Graham in 1950 showed that cigarette tar produced cancers in 44 percent of exposed mice, and Wynder identified carcinogens such as benzopyrenes and arsenic in tobacco tar.

	~~In 1950~~, ~~he received~~ both a Bachelor of Science and ~~a medical degree~~. ~~Graham he published the landmark~~ 1950 ~~''Journal of~~ the ~~American Medical Association'' study "Tobacco Smoking as a Possible Etiologic Factor in Bronchiogenic Carcinoma," one~~ of the ~~first major scientific papers to identify~~ smoking ~~as a contributory cause~~ of lung cancer~~. In 1969~~, he ~~founded~~ the ~~American Health Foundation~~.

	~~Wynder spent the 1950s and 1960s at the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research~~, ~~published hundreds of papers~~ on cancer ~~epidemiology (including lung, breast, and many other sites), founded~~ the ~~American Health Foundation in 1969,~~ and ~~in 1972 founded the journal ''Preventive Medicine'', which he edited~~. ~~In 1972~~, ~~he founded the academic journal Preventive Medicine and served as the founding editor. He received the Robert Koch Prize (Gold) in 1990.~~

	~~His and Evarts Ambrose Graham's joint publication of~~ "Tobacco Smoking as a Possible Etiologic Factor in Bronchiogenic Carcinoma: A Study of 684 Proved Cases" ~~appeared~~ in the Journal of the American Medical Association~~. It~~ was one of the first major scientific ~~publications~~ to identify smoking as a contributory cause of lung cancer~~. During World War II, he attained citizenship and joined the U.S.~~

	Army, where, as a German-speaker, he was assigned to a psychological warfare unit to monitor German newscasts. Aside from his credentials as a physician, Wynder was a researcher, educator, and activist. He devoted his career to the study and prevention of cancer and chronic disease, publishing hundreds of scientific papers.

	~~Through the 1950s and 1960s, he worked at Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. During the Second World War he became a U.S. Citizen and served in the Army as a German speaker.~~

	~~Wikipedia records that he was assigned to psychological warfare work monitoring German newscasts. He also appears in a wartime group photograph of Ritchie Boys preserved in the U.S.~~

	(32791342)\|Peter Weidenreich]] (later Wyden), and [[Eaton, Joseph W. (32498461)\|Joseph Eaton]] (see gallery caption for the full identification). Louis, receiving both a Bachelor of Science and an M.D.

	~~As a medical student he began the epidemiological work that made his scientific reputation. With thoracic surgeon Evarts A~~. Follow-up laboratory work with Graham showed that cigarette tar ~~could produce~~ cancers in mice and ~~helped identify~~ carcinogens in tobacco ~~smoke.~~

	Ernst Ludwig Wynder (April 30, 1922 – July 14, 1999) was an American epidemiology and public health researcher who studied the health effects of smoking tobacco. Wynder died from thyroid cancer on July 14, 1999.

			Through the 1950s and 1960s Wynder worked at the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. A physician, researcher, educator, and activist devoted to the prevention of cancer and chronic disease, he published nearly 800 papers, chiefly on lung and breast cancer but also on cancers of the bladder, larynx, colon, stomach, ovary, prostate, pancreas, and kidney, including a major 1960 study of the epidemiology of breast cancer. He founded the American Health Foundation in 1969 and in 1972 founded the journal ''Preventive Medicine'', serving as its founding editor. He received the Robert Koch Prize (Gold) in 1990. Wynder died of thyroid cancer on 14 July 1999.

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	* 7 June 1943 — Enlisted in Army at Newark, NJ as Pvt (ASN: 32926486).		* 7 June 1943 — Enlisted in Army at Newark, NJ as Pvt (ASN: 32926486).
			* Summer 1946 — Studied smoking habits of lung cancer patients in New York City.
			* 1950 — B.S. and M.D., Washington University in St. Louis.
			* 27 May 1950 — Wynder–Graham smoking and lung cancer study published in JAMA.
			* 1969 — Founded the American Health Foundation.
			* 1972 — Founded the journal ''Preventive Medicine''.
			* 14 July 1999 — Died.
	* Non-graduate of Class 17 (‘dropped’ and assigned to MRBC5).		* Non-graduate of Class 17 (‘dropped’ and assigned to MRBC5).
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	Ernst Ludwig Wynder (April 30, 1922 – July 14, 1999) was an American epidemiology and public health researcher who studied the health effects of smoking tobacco. Wynder died from thyroid cancer on July 14, 1999.		Ernst Ludwig Wynder (April 30, 1922 – July 14, 1999) was an American epidemiology and public health researcher who studied the health effects of smoking tobacco. Wynder died from thyroid cancer on July 14, 1999.

	~~== Research notes ==~~
	* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Wynder Ernst Wynder — Wikipedia]

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	Through the 1950s and 1960s, he worked at Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. During the Second World War he became a U.S. Citizen and served in the Army as a German speaker.		Through the 1950s and 1960s, he worked at Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. During the Second World War he became a U.S. Citizen and served in the Army as a German speaker.

	Wikipedia records that he was assigned to psychological warfare work monitoring German newscasts. He also appears in a wartime group photograph of Ritchie Boys preserved in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (Joseph Eaton collection) and shared on the Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page—standing among fellow trainees including [[Kellen, Konrad (39701828)\|Konrad Kellen]], [[Heym, Stefan (32860259)\|Stefan Heym]], [[Atlas, Louis (32258804)\|Louis Atlas]], [[Weidenreich, Peter H.		Wikipedia records that he was assigned to psychological warfare work monitoring German newscasts. He also appears in a wartime group photograph of Ritchie Boys preserved in the U.S.

	(32791342)\|Peter Weidenreich]] (later Wyden), and [[Eaton, Joseph W. (32498461)\|Joseph Eaton]] (see gallery caption for the full identification). Louis, receiving both a Bachelor of Science and an M.D.		(32791342)\|Peter Weidenreich]] (later Wyden), and [[Eaton, Joseph W. (32498461)\|Joseph Eaton]] (see gallery caption for the full identification). Louis, receiving both a Bachelor of Science and an M.D.

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	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==
	* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Wynder		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Wynder Ernst Wynder — Wikipedia]

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	Army, where, as a German-speaker, he was assigned to a psychological warfare unit to monitor German newscasts. Aside from his credentials as a physician, Wynder was a researcher, educator, and activist. He devoted his career to the study and prevention of cancer and chronic disease, publishing hundreds of scientific papers.		Army, where, as a German-speaker, he was assigned to a psychological warfare unit to monitor German newscasts. Aside from his credentials as a physician, Wynder was a researcher, educator, and activist. He devoted his career to the study and prevention of cancer and chronic disease, publishing hundreds of scientific papers.

	Through the 1950s and 1960s, he worked at Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. During the Second World War he became a U.S. ~~citizen~~ and served in the Army as a German speaker.		Through the 1950s and 1960s, he worked at Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. During the Second World War he became a U.S. Citizen and served in the Army as a German speaker.

	Wikipedia records that he was assigned to psychological warfare work monitoring German newscasts. He also appears in a wartime group photograph of Ritchie Boys preserved in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (Joseph Eaton collection) and shared on the Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page—standing among fellow trainees including [[Kellen, Konrad (39701828)\|Konrad Kellen]], [[Heym, Stefan (32860259)\|Stefan Heym]], [[Atlas, Louis (32258804)\|Louis Atlas]], [[Weidenreich, Peter H.		Wikipedia records that he was assigned to psychological warfare work monitoring German newscasts. He also appears in a wartime group photograph of Ritchie Boys preserved in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (Joseph Eaton collection) and shared on the Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page—standing among fellow trainees including [[Kellen, Konrad (39701828)\|Konrad Kellen]], [[Heym, Stefan (32860259)\|Stefan Heym]], [[Atlas, Louis (32258804)\|Louis Atlas]], [[Weidenreich, Peter H.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	~~Ernst Ludwig~~ Wynder (~~30 April 1922 – 14 July 1999~~)~~, known as Ernest L~~. Wynder, was born in Herford, Westphalia, to Jewish parents. In 1938 his family fled Nazi Germany for the United States, where he enrolled at New York University. He trained at Camp Ritchie and served in the Army as a German speaker, including psychological warfare work monitoring German newscasts. He appears in a wartime group photograph of Ritchie Boys at Camp Ritchie with [[Kellen, Konrad (39701828)\|Konrad Kellen]], [[Heym, Stefan (32860259)\|Stefan Heym]], [[Atlas, Louis (32258804)\|Louis Atlas]], [[Weidenreich, Peter H. (32791342)\|Peter Weidenreich]], and [[Eaton, Joseph W. (32498461)\|Joseph Eaton]] (see gallery caption).		Wynder was born in Herford, Westphalia in 1922 to Jewish parents (a cousin of Robert Weinberg). Ernst Ludwig Wynder was born on 30 April 1922 in Herford, Westphalia, to Jewish parents. In 1938 his family fled Nazi Germany for the United States, where he enrolled at New York University.

	~~After the war~~ Wynder ~~studied medicine at Washington University in St. Louis~~, ~~receiving both~~ a ~~Bachelor of Science and an M.D. in 1950. With thoracic surgeon Evarts A. Graham~~ he ~~published the landmark 1950 ''Journal of the American Medical Association'' study "Tobacco Smoking as a Possible Etiologic Factor in Bronchiogenic Carcinoma~~,~~" one~~ of the ~~first major papers linking smoking to lung cancer. Follow-up laboratory work showed that cigarette tar could produce cancers in mice~~.		Roster and enlistment records list him as Ernest L Wynder (ASN 32926486), a German-born Jewish trainee associated with Camp Ritchie; he enlisted from Newark, New Jersey, with four years of college noted on the service record.

	Wynder spent the 1950s and 1960s at the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, published hundreds of papers on cancer epidemiology, founded the American Health Foundation in 1969, and in 1972 founded the journal ''Preventive Medicine''. He received the Robert Koch Prize (Gold) in 1990.		In 1938 his family escaped Nazi rule and fled to the United States, where Wynder enrolled at New York University. After the war, he attended medical school at Washington University in St. After the war Wynder studied medicine at Washington University in St.

			In 1950, he received both a Bachelor of Science and a medical degree. Graham he published the landmark 1950 ''Journal of the American Medical Association'' study "Tobacco Smoking as a Possible Etiologic Factor in Bronchiogenic Carcinoma," one of the first major scientific papers to identify smoking as a contributory cause of lung cancer. In 1969, he founded the American Health Foundation.

			Wynder spent the 1950s and 1960s at the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, published hundreds of papers on cancer epidemiology (including lung, breast, and many other sites), founded the American Health Foundation in 1969, and in 1972 founded the journal ''Preventive Medicine'', which he edited. In 1972, he founded the academic journal Preventive Medicine and served as the founding editor. He received the Robert Koch Prize (Gold) in 1990.

			His and Evarts Ambrose Graham's joint publication of "Tobacco Smoking as a Possible Etiologic Factor in Bronchiogenic Carcinoma: A Study of 684 Proved Cases" appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It was one of the first major scientific publications to identify smoking as a contributory cause of lung cancer. During World War II, he attained citizenship and joined the U.S.

			Army, where, as a German-speaker, he was assigned to a psychological warfare unit to monitor German newscasts. Aside from his credentials as a physician, Wynder was a researcher, educator, and activist. He devoted his career to the study and prevention of cancer and chronic disease, publishing hundreds of scientific papers.

			Through the 1950s and 1960s, he worked at Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. During the Second World War he became a U.S. citizen and served in the Army as a German speaker.

			Wikipedia records that he was assigned to psychological warfare work monitoring German newscasts. He also appears in a wartime group photograph of Ritchie Boys preserved in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (Joseph Eaton collection) and shared on the Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page—standing among fellow trainees including [[Kellen, Konrad (39701828)\|Konrad Kellen]], [[Heym, Stefan (32860259)\|Stefan Heym]], [[Atlas, Louis (32258804)\|Louis Atlas]], [[Weidenreich, Peter H.

			(32791342)\|Peter Weidenreich]] (later Wyden), and [[Eaton, Joseph W. (32498461)\|Joseph Eaton]] (see gallery caption for the full identification). Louis, receiving both a Bachelor of Science and an M.D.

			As a medical student he began the epidemiological work that made his scientific reputation. With thoracic surgeon Evarts A. Follow-up laboratory work with Graham showed that cigarette tar could produce cancers in mice and helped identify carcinogens in tobacco smoke.

			Ernst Ludwig Wynder (April 30, 1922 – July 14, 1999) was an American epidemiology and public health researcher who studied the health effects of smoking tobacco. Wynder died from thyroid cancer on July 14, 1999.

	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==