Title:

Professor of Biochemistry

Affiliation:

Vanderbilt University

Nashville,Tennessee 37232 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2020

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1986

Citation:

"For his pioneering discovery and characterization of hormone-like growth factors which specifically control the multiplication of certain cells during growth and development."

Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on March 12, 1986.

Nobel Laureate:

Physiology or Medicine, 1986