The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Severo Ochoa
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