Postal Service Dedicates Gerty Cori Postage Stamp

Stamp is One of Four in American Scientists Series

ST. LOUIS — The U.S. Postal Service dedicated the Gerty Cori commemorative postage stamp today at Washington University’s School of Medicine. The school’s Cori Society hosted the dedication.

Nobel Laureate Gerty Cori, M.D. is one of four stamps in the American Scientist commemorative stamp series. Cori, in collaboration with her husband Carl, made important discoveries that later became the basis for our knowledge of how cells use food and convert it into energy. Among her discoveries was anew derivative of glucose, a finding that elucidated the steps of carbohydrate metabolism. Their work also contributed to the understanding and treatment of diabetes and other metabolic diseases.

Interim St. Louis Postmaster Robert Cavinder said, “Today, we honor Gerty Cori and the generations of scientists from around the globe who push the frontiers of knowledge on behalf of all mankind. It is our fervent hope that these stamps will help light the spark of science in young minds everywhere.”

In addition to Cori, the American Scientist stamp series includes theoretical physicist John Bardeen, astronomer Edwin Hubble and structural chemist Linus Pauling.

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