Robert B. Merrifield
BA PHD
Canada Gairdner International Award
1970
Nobel Prize Winner
In recognition of his work on the solid phase method for synthesis of polypeptides and of his application of this method in the first synthesis of an enzyme. His work has made possible the systematic exploration of the structural basis of activity of enzymes, hormones, and antibodies.
New York, NY, USA
† 1921-2006