The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Alfred H. Sturtevant
Title:
Professor of Biology Emeritus
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena,California USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1970
Award Discipline:
Biological Sciences
Award Year:
1967
Citation:
"For a long and distinguished career in genetics during which he discovered and interpreted a number of important genetic phenomena in Drosophila and other organisms."
Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 13, 1968.