The
President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
ROGER W. SPERRY
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Board of Trustees Professor of Psychobiology |
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California Institute of Technology |
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Pasadena, California 91125 USA |
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Male
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Year Deceased: |
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1994 |
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Award Discipline: |
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Behavioral and Social Science |
Award Year: |
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1989 |
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"For his work on neurospecificity which showed how the intricate brain networks for behavior are effected through a system of chemical coding of individual cells, which has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of human nature." |
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Presented to Dr. Sperry's son, Mr. Glen Sperry, by President Bush at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1989. |
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Nobel Laureate: |
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Physiology or Medicine, 1981
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