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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

William C. Rose

Title:

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

Affiliation:

University of Illinois

Urbana,Illinois  USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

1985

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1966

Citation:

"For the discovery of the essential amino acid threonine and for the subsequent brilliant studies elucidating the qualitative and quantitative amino acid requirements of man and of animals."

Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 6, 1967.

 

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