| Sidney Altman  Born: 7-May-1939
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: Proved enzyme role of RNA Wife: Ann Korner (m. 1972, one son, one daughter)
Son: Daniel (b. 1974)
Daughter: Leah (b. 1977)
University: BS Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1960)
University: Cambridge University (18 months)
University: PhD Biophysics, University of Colorado (1967)
Scholar: Molecular Biology, Harvard University (1967-69)
Scholar: Cambridge University (1969-70)
Professor: Yale University (1971-)
Council on Foreign Relations
Federation of American Scientists Board of Sponsors
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1989 (with Thomas R. Cech)
Naturalized US Citizen 1984 (concurrent)
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