| Thomas R. Cech  AKA Thomas Robert Cech
Born: 8-Dec-1947
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Proved enzyme role of RNA Father: Robert Franklin Cech (physician)
Mother: Annette Marie Cerveny (housewife)
Sister: Barbara
Brother: Richard
Wife: Carol Lynn Martinson (m. 1970, two daughters)
Daughter: Allison (b. 1982)
Daughter: Jennifer (b. 1986)
University: BA Chemistry, Grinnell College (1970)
University: PhD Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley (1975)
Scholar: Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1975-77)
Professor: University of Colorado (1978-)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1989 (with Sidney Altman)
National Medal of Science 1995
Guggenheim Fellowship 1985
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1988
Howard Hughes Medical Institute President (2000-)
National Academy of Sciences 1987
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