Title:

Professor Emeritus

Affiliation:

Yale University

New Haven,Connecticut 06510 USA

Affiliation:

University of California, San Diego

San Diego,California  

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2008

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1986

Citation:

"For pioneering discoveries of a host of fundamental, highly organized structures in living cells through studies combining electron microscopy and biochemistry. These contributions stimulated the growth of the field of cell biology, which he continues to inspire through his own research and leadership active collaboration, and the training of new investigators."

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

Nobel Laureate:

Physiology or Medicine, 1974