| Summary: | Biomedical scientist and research director Winston A. Anderson was born on July 26, 1940 in Kingston, Jamaica. At the age of seventeen, he immigrated to the United States and enrolled in Howard University in Washington, D.C. Anderson went on to earn his B.S. degree in zoology and his M.S. degree in zoology from Howard University in 1962 and 1963, respectively. In 1966, he graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island with his Ph.D. degree in biomedical sciences. Anderson was appointed as chair of the Howard University Department of Zoology in 1975. He served there until 1983 and remained on the faculty as a professor of biomedical science. In 2006, Anderson created the Howard Hughes Medical Research Scholars program at Howard University, which is designed to train students to earn Ph.D. degrees in STEM disciplines. In 2011, Anderson received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring.
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