Title:

Marshall Nirenberg at The White House with Robert Q. Marston, Perola Nirenberg, President Lyndon B. Johnson, and Wilber Cohen

Date:

[ca. 1968]

Description:

This photograph was taken three years after Marshall Nirenberg had been awarded the National Medal of Science from President Lyndon B. Johnson, for his work on protein synthesis and the genetic code.

Rights:

Courtesy of William Leonard.

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Genre:

Slides (photographs)

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy Source Citation:

Free Text. History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection.. Free Text. This image may also be accessed from the Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).. URL. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/ihm/. IHM Order Number. A030286

Legacy ID:

JJBBKM

NLM ID:

101584910X157

Profiles Collection:

The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X157

Story Section:

Translating the Code of Life and the Nobel Prize, 1962-1968