was given the name Warfarin. Link and researchers Stahmann and Ikawa jointly owning the patent. Initially marketed as rat poison, warfarin would later, in the 1950s, become the second most important anticoagulant for clinical use (after heparin). Later years Link was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1946. He received several awards for his work, including the 1955 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the 1960 Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research. He remained closely involved in the biochemistry of warfarin and related compounds. His work in later years was hampered by poor health (tuberculosis) as he was then relocated to Lake View sanatorium, and upon his return was never able to fully regain his momentum in research. Nevertheless, he remained a full professor until 1971, when he retired. He was a lifelong pioneer of liberal causes, and his wife was active in the pacifist movement. Link died from heart failure on November 21, 1978. Bibliography References 1901 births 1978 deaths American biochemists American Lutherans People from La Porte, Indiana Recipients of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research Recipients of the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences 20th-century Lutherans