The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Gertrude B. Elion
Title:
Scientist Emeritus
Affiliation:
Burroughs Wellcome Company
3030 Cornwalis Road
Research Triangle Park,North Carolina 27709 USA
Gender:
Female
Year Deceased:
1999
Award Discipline:
Chemistry
Award Year:
1991
Citation:
"For her basic research which enhanced the sciences of chemistry and medicine by elucidating fundamental principles of drug-receptor interactions for nucleic acid antagonists."
Presented by President Bush at a White House Rose Garden Ceremony on September 16, 1991.
Nobel Laureate:
Physiology or Medicine, 1988