The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Roger W. Sperry
Title:
Board of Trustees Professor of Psychobiology
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena,California 91125 USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1994
Award Discipline:
Biological Sciences
Award Year:
1989
Citation:
"For his work on neurospecificity which showed how the intricate brain networks for behavior are effected through a system of chemical coding of individual cells, which has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of human nature."
Presented to Dr. Sperry's son, Mr. Glen Sperry, by President Bush at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1989.
Nobel Laureate:
Physiology or Medicine, 1981