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 * Baruj Benacerraf**

My Latino in history has had many great accomplishments through out is life. Baruj Benacerraf is the person I will be informing you about today. Baruj Benacerraf was born on October 29, 1920. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela, which is a very famous hespanic place. He came from a Spanish-Jewish background. His father was from Spanish Morocco and was a business man and also an importer. Benacerraf's mother was from French Algeria and was raised in French culture household. (Baruj Benacerraf - Biographical)

When Benacerraf was five years old, his family moved to Paris, France where they lived until 1939. His general education was in the French language, which had a big influence on his life. The second World War caused Benacerraf and his family back to Venezuela. His father continued to have a thriving business as a business man. Benacerraf and his family decided that they should move to New York in the United States in 1940. They moved for the benefit of Benacerraf's education. I registered at Columbia University in the School of General Studies, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1942. He also completed the pre-medical practices to be accepted into Medical School. Benacerraf had decided to study biology and medicine, instead of going into the family business. (Baruj Benacerraf, Nobel) Even though he had an excellent academic record at Columbia, he was denied admission by different medical schools he had applied. Benacerraf would have not been able to study medicine if it wasn't for the help and support of George W. Bakeman, which who was a close friend's father. The father was then Assistant to the President of the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. Learning of his difficulties, Mr. Bakeman arranged for Benacerraf to be interviewed for one of the two remaining places in the Freshman class. Benacerraf was accepted and began his medical studies in July 1942. As he was in school he was drafted by the United States military. (Baruj Benacerraf - Biographical)

Benacerraf received what was considered to be an excellent medical education in a short time of three years. This busy time was very happy by Benacerraf's marriage in 1943 to a French student Annette Dreyfus, also a refugee from Paris, who he had met at Columbia University. He trained as an intern at Queens General Hospital in New York City in 1945 and was commissioned First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in 1946. After the usual six weeks of basic training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, I was shipped to Germany with several thousand other physicians. Benacerraf stayed there nearly two years, as the head of a medical unit where he enjoyed practicing, which today would be called community medicine. He was discharged in 1947. His interest was directed, from his medical student days to Immunology and particularly to the mechanism of hypersensitivity.Benacerraf started his research career in February, 1948. He Trained with Elvin Kabat which was one of the best experiences in his development of becoming a scientist. (Baruj Benacerraf - Biographical) For six years he worked on the reticuloendothelial function which is related to immunity. The reticuloendothelia function is the white blood cells inside of a barrier tissue. In his work he noticed that if antigens (something that causes a reaction with the immune system) were injected into animals with a similar heredity, two groups would emerge: responders and non-responders. He put together further study and found out that the dominant autosomal genes determined the response to certain antigens. This complex process would show other scientist to understand how these genes would determine immune responses. This discovery is what won him his Nobel Prize. Benacerraf started his research career in February, 1948. With that discovery it lead to many others that came in the future. Benacerraf has been a great influence in science and technology development. (Baruj Benacerraf)

Baruj Benacerraf had a great scientific life. He is a great example to other Latinos who want to have a career in science or technology. From first working as a medic in the United States army to finding life changing discoveries he has done it all. I really enjoyed doing this report on such a great person. I learned so much that I didn't know about different things.

"Baruj Benacerraf - Biographical". //Nobelprize.org.// Nobel Media AB 2013. Web. 1 May 2014. 
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Gellene, Denise. "Baruj Benacerraf, Nobel Winner in Medicine, Dies at 90." //The New York Times //. The New York Times, 02 Aug. 2011. Web. 02 May 2014. .
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