Born: 20-May-1918
Birthplace: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Died: 21-Jul-2004
Location of death: Pasadena, CA [1]
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scientist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Drosophila researcher, Nobel laureate

Military service: US Army Air Corps (WWII, meteorologist)

    University: BA Biostatics, University of Minnesota (1939)
    University: PhD Genetics, California Institute of Technology (1942)
    University: MA Meteorology, California Institute of Technology (1942)

    Genetics Society of America President
    National Academy of Sciences 1968
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    Council for a Livable World
    Gore 2000
    Royal Society 1989
    National Medal of Science 1990
    Nobel Prize for Medicine 1995 (with Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus)

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