Legacy and Honors
- Albert Lasker was voted to the American National Business Hall of Fame.
- He used his great wealth to create and fund the Lasker Foundation to support philanthropic causes, particularly in the area of medical research.
- The Lasker Awards are named for him; eighty Lasker laureates have received a Nobel Prize.
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