The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Francis P. Rous
Title:
Member Emeritus
Affiliation:
Rockefeller University
New York,New York USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1970
Award Discipline:
Biological Sciences
Award Year:
1965
Citation:
"For the original discovery and continued elaboration of the relationship between viruses and tumors, which has come to form the biologic base for so much of our present research effort on cancer."
Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 10, 1966.