| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1937 |
| Number: | 89 - 0 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Harvey W Cushing |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1869 |
| Year, Death: | 1939 |
| Profession: | prof neurology |
| University: | Yale University |
| City: | New Haven |
| State: | CT |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Herbert M Evans |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1882 |
| Year, Death: | 1971 |
| Profession: | prof anatomy |
| University: | University of California |
| City: | Berkeley |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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Nominee 3:
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| Name: | Bernardo Alberto Houssay |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1887 |
| Year, Death: | 1971 |
| Profession: | prof physiology |
| University: | University of Buenos Aires |
| City: | Buenos Aires |
| Country: | ARGENTINA (AR) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947 |
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| Motivation: | Cushing: Work on the pituitary gland and pituitary cachexia.
Evans: Work on the hypophysis and its relationship to other endocrine glands.
Houssay: Work on the functions of the hypophysis, its role in metabolism and in diabetes. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Owen H Wangensteen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1898 |
| Year, Death: | 1981 |
| Profession: | prof surgery |
| University: | Minneapolis |
| City: | Minneapolis |
| State: | MN |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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