The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Elias J Corey
Title:
Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry
Affiliation:
Harvard University
Cambridge,Massachusetts 02138 USA
Gender:
Male
Award Discipline:
Chemistry
Award Year:
1988
Citation:
"For his strikingly original contributions to organic synthesis, which have brought the science of organic chemistry to a new level of power and precision."
Presented by President Reagan in a White House ceremony on July 15, 1988.
Nobel Laureate:
Chemistry, 1990