Berton Roueche, a staff writer for the New Yorker since 1944, received the Missouri Medal for his skills in medical journalism, magazine writing and mystery writing.

He originated the column “Annals of Medicine” in the New Yorker and authored the book, “The Medical Detectives.”

A 1933 graduate of the University of Missouri, Roueche worked as reporter and rewrite man on the Kansas City Star, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the St. Louis Globe Democrat before he joined The New Yorker.

Updated: July 13, 2012