Born: 7-May-1939
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: Proved enzyme role of RNA

Wife: Ann Korner (m. 1972, one son, one daughter)
Son: Daniel (b. 1974)
Daughter: Leah (b. 1977)

    University: BS Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1960)
    University: Cambridge University (18 months)
    University: PhD Biophysics, University of Colorado (1967)
    Scholar: Molecular Biology, Harvard University (1967-69)
    Scholar: Cambridge University (1969-70)
    Professor: Yale University (1971-)

    Council on Foreign Relations
    Federation of American Scientists Board of Sponsors
    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1989 (with Thomas R. Cech)
    Naturalized US Citizen 1984 (concurrent)

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