Melvin
Calvin
University Professor of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
1989
Chemistry & Materials
For his pioneering studies in the mechanism of photosynthesis and bioenergetics, and for the application of scientific theory toward the solution of the most fundamental problems of the age--energy, food, chemical and viral carcinogenesis, and the origin of life.
Presented by President Bush at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1989.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1961