Charles C. Shepard

(1914-1985) born at Ord. Physician, medical researcher, known for discovering that the low temperature of mice feet is ideal for experimental growth of leprosy bacilli, and for being the first person to cultivate the bacilli outside the human body in 1957, which has enabled scientists to test potential treatments and preventive measures more quickly; was one of two researchers at the Center for Disease Control who isolated the germ that causes Legionnaires' disease in 1976; recipient of several awards, including U.S. Public Health Service Distinguished Service Medal in 1978. Consult New York Times, March 9, 1963, p. 8 and American Men & Women of Science, 14th ed, Vol 6 (1979) 4618 and obituaries in New York Times, February 20, 1985, p. B-8 and Time, March 4, 1985, p. 80 and Who Was Who in America, Vol 8 (1985) 362.

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