Portrait of Bernard Lown to be unveiled June 7 in Lewiston May 28, 2024

Dr. Bernard Lown, second from right, with IPPNW colleagues at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in 1985. Photo: IPPNW

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Lown, who is featured on a new dollar coin, was the inventor of the defibrillator and a Nobel Peace Prize honoree for his work with Physicians for Social Responsibility.

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