Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.

Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.
Sutherland, c. 1970
Born	(1915-11-19)November 19, 1915 Burlingame, Kansas, U.S.
Died	March 9, 1974(1974-03-09) (aged 58) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater	Washington University in St. Louis (M.D) Washburn University (B.S)
Known for	Epinephrine, cyclic AMP
Awards	Gairdner Foundation International Award (1969) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1970) Dickson Prize (1971) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1971) National Medal of Science (1973)
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	Vanderbilt University, Case Western Reserve University, Washington University School of Medicine, University of Miami
Doctoral students	Ferid Murad

Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (November 19, 1915 – March 9, 1974) was an American pharmacologist and biochemist born in Burlingame, Kansas. Sutherland won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1971 "for his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones", especially epinephrine, via second messengers, namely cyclic adenosine monophosphate, or cyclic AMP.