Har Gobind
Khorana
Professor of Biology and Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1987
Biology
For his innovative contributions that significantly contributed to our understanding of gene structure, membrane function and vision and for the work stimulated by his research which has had a major impact on the biological and chemical sciences.
Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on June 25, 1987.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1968