The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Melvin Calvin
Title:
University Professor of Chemistry
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,California USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1997
Award Discipline:
Chemistry
Award Year:
1989
Citation:
"For his pioneering studies in the mechanism of photosynthesis and bioenergetics, and for the application of scientific theory toward the solution of the most fundamental problems of the age--energy, food, chemical and viral carcinogenesis, and the origin of life."
Presented by President Bush at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1989.
Nobel Laureate:
Chemistry, 1961