Albert Schatz, American microbiologist and academic (born 1920)

Albert Schatz (scientist)

American microbiologist and antibiotic discoverer (1920–2005)

Albert Israel Schatz was an American microbiologist and academic who discovered streptomycin, the first antibiotic known to be effective for the treatment of tuberculosis. He graduated from Rutgers University in 1942 with a bachelor's degree in soil microbiology, and received…