ORGANIZATION

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

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

Founding Date:
1953

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Peter Agre	Biologist	30-Jan-1949		Water channels of cell membranes
Richard Axel	Scientist	2-Jul-1946		Odorant receptors and olfactory organization
Bruce A. Beutler	Biologist	29-Dec-1957		Lipopolysaccharide receptors
Günter Blobel	Scientist	21-May-1936		Protein signaling in cells
Herbert W. Boyer	Biologist	10-Jul-1936		Recombinant DNA, first synthetic insulin
Linda B. Buck	Biologist	29-Jan-1947		Odorant receptors and olfactory organization
Mario Capecchi	Scientist	6-Oct-1937		Knock-out mice
Thomas R. Cech	Chemist	8-Dec-1947		Proved enzyme role of RNA
Johann Deisenhofer	Chemist	30-Sep-1943		Proteins of photosynthesis
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	21-Dec-2009	Protein phosphorylation
Philip Leder	Biologist	19-Nov-1934		Harvard Geneticist
Susan L. Lindquist	Biologist	5-Jun-1949		Protein folding
Roderick MacKinnon	Biologist	19-Feb-1956		Ion channels of cell membranes
Craig C. Mello	Scientist	19-Oct-1960		RNA interference
Gilbert S. Omenn	Business	30-Aug-1941		Professor, University of Michigan
David C. Page	Biologist	6-Jul-1956		Director, Whitehead Institute
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
Thomas A. Steitz	Scientist	23-Aug-1940		Ribosomes
Jack W. Szostak	Scientist	9-Nov-1952		First artificial chromosome
Anne M. Tatlock	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Fiduciary Trust, 1999-2006
Craig B. Thompson	Doctor	c. 1952		Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Shirley M. Tilghman	Educator	17-Sep-1946		President of Princeton University
Roger Y. Tsien	Scientist	1-Feb-1952		Green Fluorescent Protein

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