Van Rensselaer Potter
Chemist, Author
1911 – 2001
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Who was Van Rensselaer Potter?
Van Rensselaer Potter II was an American biochemist. He was professor of oncology at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for more than 50 years.
In 1970, Dr. Potter coined the term bioethics to describe a new philosophy that sought to integrate biology, ecology, medicine, and human values. Bioethics is often linked to environmental ethics and stands in sharp contrast to biomedical ethics. Because of this confusion, Potter chose to use the term global bioethics in 1988.
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