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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Roger C.L. Guillemin

Title:

Resident Fellow & Research Professor, Department of Neuroendocrinology

Affiliation:

Salk Institute of Biological Studies

San Diego,California 92138 USA

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1976

Citation:

"For demonstrating the presence of a new class of hormones, made in the brain, that regulate the function of the pituitary gland, thereby making possible improved diagnosis and treatment of numerous endocrine disorders."

Presented by President Carter at a White House Ceremony on November 22, 1977.

Nobel Laureate:

Physiology or Medicine, 1977

 

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