Title:

Professor of Biochemistry

Affiliation:

New York University

New York,New York 10016 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

1993

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1979

Citation:

"For important contributions to biochemistry and molecular biology, discoveries that contributed greatly to our understanding of the mechanisms for energy generation within a cell, the mechanism whereby proteins are synthesized within a cell and the elucidation of the genetic code."

Presented by President Carter at a White House Ceremony on January 14, 1980.

Nobel Laureate:

Physiology or Medicine, 1959