Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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Salk Institute for Biological Studies

ORGANIZATION

Nonprofit bioscience research facility near San Diego, California.

Official Website:
http://www.salk.edu/

Founding Date:
1959

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Rand V. Araskog Business 30-Oct-1931 CEO of ITT, 1979-98

David Baltimore Biologist 7-Mar-1938 Co-Discoverer, reverse transcriptase

J. Michael Bishop Scientist 22-Feb-1936 Genetic causes of cancer

Andrew Brimmer Economist 13-Sep-1926 Federal Reserve Governor, 1966-74

Francis Crick Scientist 8-Jun-1916 28-Jul-2004 Co-Discoverer of the structure of DNA

Gerald M. Edelman Scientist 1-Jul-1929 Chemical structure of antibodies

Joseph L. Goldstein Scientist 18-Apr-1940 Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism

Robert W. Holley Scientist 28-Jan-1922 11-Feb-1993 RNA's role in protein synthesis

John J. McCloy Military 31-Mar-1895 11-Mar-1989 World Bank, Warren Commission

Howard H. Newman Business c. 1947 Former Partner, Warburg Pincus

Leo Szilard Physicist 11-Feb-1898 30-May-1964 Nuclear chain reaction

Rosemary Tomich Business c. 1937 Hope Cattle Company

Susumu Tonegawa Scientist 6-Sep-1939 Antibody production and diversity

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