resting_place death_date death_place children birth_place resting_place_coordinates birth_date spouse image article_title education name occupation death_cause
homewood cemetery , pittsburgh , pennsylvania 21 november 1998 pittsburgh , pennsylvania debra -rrb- -lrb- b. 1955 -rrb- david -lrb- b. 1957 nashville , tennessee 40.441 n 79.909 w type : landmark title 28 december 1920 ruth thomson -lrb- married 1951 -rrb- thumb alvin p. shapiro
 ab , cornell university , 1941 alvin p. shapiro physician , educator complications of kidney failure
alvin p. shapiro

alvin p. shapiro -lrb- december 28 , 1920 -- november 21 , 1998 -rrb- was an american physician and professor primarily at the university of pittsburgh school of medicine .
shapiro was the recipient of a lasker award and was known for his research in hypertension , behavioral sciences , and related diseases .
