CHEMISTRY: Vincent du Vigneaud 1955 - Washington, DC
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N 38° 54.043 W 077° 03.044
18S E 322167 N 4307758
Plaque to _ winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. This plaque is on the campus of GWU.
Waymark Code: WM6DXQ
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 05/18/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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"Vincent du Vigneaud (May 18, 1901 – December 11, 1978) was an American biochemist. He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1955. For the isolation, structural identification and total synthesis of the cyclic peptide oxytocin." (visit link)

The plaque reads: "True exploratory research is the working out of a winding trail into the unknown" Vincent du Vigneaud, PHD

1955 - Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
1932-1936 Chair, Biochemistry department The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Field of Accomplishment: Chemistry

Year of Award: 1955

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