Editing Gerald Edelman (section)

==Early life and education==
Gerald Edelman was born in 1929<ref name=natureobituary>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1038/510474a| title = Gerald Edelman (1929–2014) Biologist who won Nobel for solving antibody structure| journal = Nature| volume = 510| issue = 7506| page = 474| year = 2014| last1 = Rutishauser | first1 = Urs|bibcode = 2014Natur.510..474R| pmid=24965643| doi-access = free}}</ref> in [[Ozone Park, Queens, New York]], to [[Ashkenazi Jews|Jewish]] parents, [[physician]] Edward Edelman, and Anna (née Freedman) Edelman, who worked in the insurance industry.<ref name="Nobel Bio">{{cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1972/edelman-bio.html |title=Gerald M. Edelman: Biography |website=Les Prix Nobel en 1972 |editor=Odelberg, Wilhelm |year=1973 |publisher=Nobel Foundation |access-date=September 27, 2007}} (Including Addendum, May 2005.)</ref> He studied violin for years, but eventually realized that he did not have the inner drive needed to pursue a career as a concert violinist, and decided to go into medical research instead.<ref>Edelman's remarks in 2008 radio interview with physicist [[Michio Kaku]] (host of ''Exploration'').</ref> He attended public schools in New York, graduating from [[John Adams High School (Queens)|John Adams High School]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ravo|first1=Nick|title=Attention Bewilders Queens High School|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/07/nyregion/attention-bewilders-queens-high-school.html|work=New York Times|date=January 7, 1987}}</ref> and then attended [[Ursinus College]], where he graduated ''magna cum laude'' with a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in 1950. He received an [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] from the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine]] in 1954.<ref name="Nobel Bio" />