Howard E. Skipper

{{Short description|American oncologist (1915–2006)}}

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Howard Earle Skipper (born in Avon Park, Florida on November 21, 1915; died in Mountain Brook, Alabama on January 2, 2006) was a noted American oncologist. He grew up in Sebring, Florida and received his science degrees (BS, MS, PhD) from the University of Florida.

During the war, he became interested in cancer research while working for what was then called the Chemical Warfare Service of the United States Army.L. Simpson-Herren and G. P. Wheeler [http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/full/66/24/12035 Howard Earle Skipper: In Memoriam (1915–2006).] In: Cancer Res 66, 2006, S. 12035. {{doi|10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-3615}} By 1957, he had become a notable cancer researcher in Alabama[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TPkcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AZoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7362,3888034&dq= The Tuscaloosa News for October 30, 1957] and went on to serve as head of the Southern Research Institute.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XZwcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xWcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5952,824371&dq= Sarasota Herald-Tribune for April 2, 1980]