Title:

Barbara McClintock Professor Emerita

Affiliation:

Rutgers University

Piscataway,New Jersey  USA

Gender:

Female

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

2002

Citation:

"For her insightful and pioneering investigations on the genetics of DNA mutagenesis and DNA repair that have increased our understanding of processes as varied as evolution and the development of cancer. "

Presented by President George W. Bush in a White House East Room ceremony on November 6, 2003