identification of the mumps virus, development of antiviral vaccines, and studies of rickettsial, fungal, and protozoan human diseases. In a major advance, he introduced the chicken embryo as an experimental host for investigation of microbial infections and for production of vaccines. This technique made possible the development and production of a wide range of vaccines against viral diseases. Goodpasture was a dedicated and patient teacher for medical students, graduate students, and house officers in pathology. Awards Goodpasture received several prestigious scientific awards during his career. They included the H. T. Ricketts Award, the Kober Medal, the Kovalenko Medal of the National Academy of Sciences, and the Gold-Headed Cane Award from the American Association of Pathologists. He was on the boards of the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Academy of Science, the American Philosophical Society, the Trustees of Vanderbilt University, the Advisory Committee on Biology and Medicine of the Atomic Energy Commission, and the National Research Council. Goodpasture received honorary doctorates from Yale University, Washington University, the University of Chicago, and Tulane University. Death After retirement from the AFIP, Goodpasture returned to Nashville. He died suddenly from a heart attack in September 1960. References External links Biography Tennessee Encyclopedia: Ernest William Goodpasture Ernest William Goodpasture: Scientist, Scholar, Gentleman 1886 births 1960 deaths American pathologists United States Navy Medical Corps officers United States Navy personnel of World War I Vanderbilt University alumni Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumni Vanderbilt University faculty Physicians of Brigham and Women's Hospital Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences