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'''Ernest L. Wynder''' (1922–1999), 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.

'''[[Wynder, Ernest L (32926486)|Ernest L. Wynder]]''' (1922–1999), 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.

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== Biography ==

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. 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, Ernest L (32926486)|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. 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.

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).

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 ([[Eaton, Joseph W. (32498461)|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).

After the war Wynder studied medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, receiving both a Bachelor of Science and an M.D. in 1950. As a medical student he began the epidemiological work that made his scientific reputation. 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 scientific papers to identify smoking as a contributory cause of lung cancer. Follow-up laboratory work with Graham showed that cigarette tar could produce cancers in mice and helped identify carcinogens in tobacco smoke.

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4448187125203174.jpg|Thanks to Stephen Goodell for sharing this group photo. It can be found at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, part of the Joseph Eaton collection. All the men identified in the pix are "Ritchie Boys." Seated - Hans Habe. Standing L-R - Unknown, Ernest Wynder, Konrad Kellen, unknown, Stefan Heym, Louis Atlas, Peter Weidenreich (last name later changed to Wyden), unknown, Joseph Eaton.

4448187125203174.jpg|Thanks to Stephen Goodell for sharing this group photo. It can be found at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, part of the [[Eaton, Joseph W. (32498461)|Joseph Eaton]] collection. 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]].

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-'''Ernest L. Wynder''' (1922–1999), 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.
+'''[[Wynder, Ernest L (32926486)|Ernest L. Wynder]]''' (1922–1999), 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.
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 == Biography ==
-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. 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, Ernest L (32926486)|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. 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.
-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).
+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 ([[Eaton, Joseph W. (32498461)|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).
 After the war Wynder studied medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, receiving both a Bachelor of Science and an M.D. in 1950. As a medical student he began the epidemiological work that made his scientific reputation. 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 scientific papers to identify smoking as a contributory cause of lung cancer. Follow-up laboratory work with Graham showed that cigarette tar could produce cancers in mice and helped identify carcinogens in tobacco smoke.
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-4448187125203174.jpg|Thanks to Stephen Goodell for sharing this group photo. It can be found at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, part of the Joseph Eaton collection. All the men identified in the pix are "Ritchie Boys." Seated - Hans Habe. Standing L-R - Unknown, Ernest Wynder, Konrad Kellen, unknown, Stefan Heym, Louis Atlas, Peter Weidenreich (last name later changed to Wyden), unknown, Joseph Eaton.
+4448187125203174.jpg|Thanks to Stephen Goodell for sharing this group photo. It can be found at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, part of the [[Eaton, Joseph W. (32498461)|Joseph Eaton]] collection. 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]].
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