| Vincent du Vigneaud  Born: 18-May-1901
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Died: 11-Dec-1978
Location of death: White Plains, NY
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Synthesized vasopressin and oxytocin Father: Alfred J. du Vigneaud (machine designer)
Mother: Mary Theresa
Wife: Zella Zon Ford (m. 1924, one son, one daughter)
Son: Vincent, Jr. (b. 1933)
Daughter: Marilyn Renée (b. 1935)
University: BS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1923)
University: MS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1924)
Scholar: PhD, University of Rochester (1927)
Scholar: University of Pennsylvania
Scholar: University of Edinburgh
Scholar: University College London
Professor: George Washington University Medical School (1932-38)
Professor: Biochemistry, Cornell University Medical College, NYC (1938-67)
Professor: Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca (1967-75)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1955
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Author of books:
A Trail of Research in Sulphur Chemistry and Metaholism and Related Field (1952, lectures)
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