# Mathew Alpern

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{{Short description|American physiologist}}
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'''Mathew Alpern''' (September 22, 1920 – May 16, 1996) was an American physiologist known for his research on [color vision](/source/color_vision) and [color blindness](/source/color_blindness).<ref name="obituary_nyt">{{cite news |last=Saxon |first=Wolfgang |date=26 May 1996 |title=Mathew Alpern, 75, Color-Vision Researcher |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/26/us/mathew-alpern-75-color-vision-researcher.html |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Edward |first1=Pugh |last2=Krantz |first2=David |date=May 1999 |title= Obituary: Mathew Alpern (1920–1996) |journal=[American Psychologist](/source/American_Psychologist) |volume=54 |issue=5 |pages=364 |doi=10.1037/0003-066X.54.5.364 }}</ref> He was born in [Akron, Ohio](/source/Akron%2C_Ohio). He graduated from [University of Florida](/source/University_of_Florida) in 1946 and from [Ohio State University](/source/Ohio_State_University) in 1950 with a [PhD](/source/PhD) supervised by [Glenn A. Fry](/source/Glenn_A._Fry). He was elected to the [National Academy of Sciences](/source/National_Academy_of_Sciences) in 1991. He died on May 16, 1996, at the [University of Michigan Health System](/source/University_of_Michigan_Health_System) of [congestive heart failure](/source/congestive_heart_failure).<ref name="obituary_nyt" />

== Awards == 
* Edgar D. Tillyer Award, 1984<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osa.org/en-us/awards_and_grants/awards/award_description/edgartillyer/|title=Edgar D. Tillyer Award - Awards - Optica.org &#124; Optica|accessdate=26 May 2023}}</ref>
* Charles F. Prentice Medal, 1988<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaopt.org/awards-and-grants/for-optometrists-and-vision-scientists/awards-of-recognition/about-prentice|title = The Charles F. Prentice Medal}}</ref>
* Honorary Doctor of Science from the State University of New York, 1988<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.albany.edu/academics/honorary.degree.shtml|title=University at Albany - SUNY Honorary Degrees|accessdate=26 May 2023|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222082937/https://www.albany.edu/academics/honorary.degree.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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