Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Hartwell Harrison (February 16, 1909 January 20, 1984)was a key member of the pioneer medical team that received the 1961 Amory Prize of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for bringing kidney transplantation to the world. Dr. Harrison was born in Clarksville, Virginia, the son of Rosalie S. and I. Carrington Harrison, M.D.; he was reared in Danville, Virginia and graduated at the University of Virginia with a bachelor of science degree in 1929, and an M.D. in 1932. After an internship in internal medicine at Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, he pursued postgraduate training in surgery at the Peter Bent Brigham (now Brigham and Women's) Hospital in Boston. He joined the Brigham staff in 1939, was made head of its Division of Urology in 1941, and made Brookline, MA his permanent home with his wife and four children. During World War II, he served in the Army Medical Corps in the Pacific Theater of Operations.