Severo
Ochoa
Professor of Biochemistry
New York University
1979
Biology
For important contributions to biochemistry and molecular biology, discoveries that contributed greatly to our understanding of the mechanisms for energy generation within a cell, the mechanism whereby proteins are synthesized within a cell and the elucidation of the genetic code.
Presented by President Carter at a White House Ceremony on January 14, 1980.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1959