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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Michael Heidelberger

Title:

Professor of Immunochemistry

Affiliation:

New York University

New York,New York  USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

1991

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1967

Citation:

"For placing the science of immunology on a quantitative chemical basis, and for showing its power to reveal the structure of molecules found in the living organism."

Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 13, 1968.

 

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