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The
President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
SALVADOR E. LURIA
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Institute Professor Emeritus |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Cambridge, MassachusettsUSA |
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Male
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| Year Deceased: |
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1991 |
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| Award Discipline: |
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Biological Sciences |
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| Award Year: |
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1991 |
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| Citation: |
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"For a lifetime devoted to applying genetics to viruses and bacteria, and for guiding the development of generations of students who have helped create the modern power of molecular biology." |
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Presented by President Bush at a White House Rose Garden Ceremony on September 16, 1991. |
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Posthumous
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| Nobel Laureate: |
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Physiology or Medicine, 1969 |
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