ORGANIZATION

Founded 1953 as a tax dodge for Howard Hughes. Located in Chevy Chase, MD.

Official Website:
http://www.hhmi.org/

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard Axel	Scientist	2-Jul-1946		Odorant receptors and olfactory organization
Günter Blobel	Scientist	21-May-1936		Protein signaling in cells
Herbert W. Boyer	Biologist	10-Jul-1936		Recombinant DNA, first synthetic insulin
Mario Capecchi	Scientist	6-Oct-1937		Knock-out mice
Thomas R. Cech	Chemist	8-Dec-1947		Proved enzyme role of RNA
James R. Gavin III	Doctor	c. 1945		Morehouse School of Medicine
H. Robert Horvitz	Scientist	8-May-1947		Genetic regulation of organ development
Howard Hughes	Business	24-Sep-1905	5-Apr-1976	Insane billionaire
Eric R. Kandel	Scientist	7-Nov-1929		Signal transduction in the nervous system
Garnett L. Keith, Jr.	Business	c. 1936		Vice Chairman of Prudential, 1984-96
Jeremy R. Knowles	Business	1935		Chemistry Professor, Harvard University
Edwin G. Krebs	Scientist	6-Jun-1918		Protein phosphorylation
Philip Leder	Biologist	19-Nov-1934		Harvard Geneticist
Susan L. Lindquist	Biologist	5-Jun-1949		Protein folding
Craig C. Mello	Scientist	19-Oct-1960		RNA interference
Gilbert S. Omenn	Business	30-Aug-1941		Professor, University of Michigan
W. Allen Reed	Business	1947		CEO of GM Asset Management, 1994-2005
Kurt L. Schmoke	Politician	1-Dec-1949		Mayor of Baltimore, 1988-99
Thomas E. Shenk	Biologist	c. 1947		Princeton Molecular Biologist
Carolyn W. Slayman	Business	c. 1936		Genetics professor at Yale
Anne M. Tatlock	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Fiduciary Trust, 1999-2006
Craig B. Thompson	Doctor	c. 1952		Director of the Abramson Institute
Shirley M. Tilghman	Educator	17-Sep-1946		President of Princeton University

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