Avram Goldstein

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Avram Goldstein (3 July 1919 – 1 June 2012) was a professor of pharmacology who was one of the discoverers of endorphins and a noted expert on addiction.{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15428217.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012073829/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15428217.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2013|title=Addiction: From Biology to Drug Policy|last=Bloom|first=Floyd|date=22 March 1994|publisher=Issues in Science and Technology |via=HighBeam Research|accessdate=7 October 2012}}

Goldstein established the Pharmacology Department at Stanford University School of Medicine.{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-292301946.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012011003/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-292301946.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2013|title=NOTED PHARMACOLOGIST AND ADDICTION EXPERT AVRAM GOLDSTEIN DIES AT 92|date=7 June 2012|publisher=States News Service |via=HighBeam Research|accessdate=7 October 2012}} He was awarded the Franklin Medal and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He was an atheist.{{Cite journal | doi=10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.37.1.1| title=A Rewarding Research Pathway| journal=Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology| volume=37| pages=1–28| year=1997| last1=Goldstein| first1=Avram| pmid=9131244}} He was married to pharmacologist Dora Goldstein.{{cite news |author= |date=October 2, 2011 |title=Memorial: Dora B. Goldstein |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/obituaries/memorials/dora-b-goldstein?o=1480 |work=Palo Alto Weekly |access-date=January 7, 2024}}