Title:

Director, Institute for Therapeutic Research

Affiliation:

Merck & Co.

West Point,Pennsylvania 19486 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2005

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1988

Citation:

"For his brilliant discoveries in basic research and ingenious inventiveness in creating vaccines that are the foundation for control of infectious diseases through immunologic intervention, preventing death and disability in millions of persons worldwide."

Presented by President Reagan in a White House ceremony on July 15, 1988.