James G. Zimmerly

James Gregory Zimmerly[1] (March 25, 1941 – September 23, 2002) was an American emergency department physician and chief of legal medicine at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. He co–discovered a vaccine for meningitis in 1970. He died in 2002 following a brain aneurysm and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Masters of Public Health". Conferring of Degrees at the close of the ninety-second academic year (PDF). Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University. 11 June 1968. p. 22. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Burial Detail: Zimmerly, James G. (Section 67, Grave 1251)". ANC Explorer. Arlington National Cemetery. (Official website).
  3. ^ Artenstein MS, Gold R, Zimmerly JG, Wyle FA, Schneider H, Harkins C (Feb 1970). "Prevention of meningococcal disease by group C polysaccharide vaccine". N Engl J Med. 282 (8): 417–20. doi:10.1056/NEJM197002192820803. PMID 4983754.