Earl Reece
Stadtman
Head, Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Heart & Lung Institute
National Institutes of Health
1979
Biology
For seminal contributions to understanding of the energy metabolism of anaerobic bacteria and for elucidation of major mechanisms whereby the rates of metabolic processes are finely matched to the requirements of the living cell.
Presented by President Carter at a White House Ceremony on January 14, 1980.