William G. Myers, MD, PhD: A Pioneer in Nuclear Medicine

Myers cultivated professional and personal relationships with Nobel Prize winners and other important figures in the fields of chemistry, physics and nuclear medicine at hospitals and research centers throughout the world. He corresponded with many important figures in the field of nuclear medicine and physics, including Paul Aebersold, John Lawrence, Rosalyn S. Yalow, Hal Anger, Irene Curie and Glenn T. Seaborg. As a result of these relationships and his interest in photography and history, Myers also took many photographs of early nuclear medical equipment.

Myers was among the first researchers employing radiation in medical studies and counted among his friends many of early nuclear medicine innovators as recipients of his letters. Myers was particularly proud of the photograph he took of Madame Marie Curie's daughter Irene Joliot-Curie, which he donated to the Institut du Radium at the University of Paris.