Lawson Wilkins

Lawson Wilkins (1894-1963) was a pioneering pediatric endocrinologist. He is known along with John Money for pioneering surgeries for visibly intersex newborns. (At the time, intersex anatomy was understood virtually exclusively as a birth defect as opposed to a nonpathological anatomical variation.) The Pediatric Endocrine Society was founded by physicians who trained under Wilkins, and the society's name originally included a tribute to him.

Honors

 * Borden Award, American Academy of Pediatrics (1953)
 * Amory Prize, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1955)
 * Koch Award, Endocrine Society (1961)
 * John Howland Award, American Pediatric Society (1963)