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Acceptance speech for Gairdner Foundation Award

Title:: Acceptance speech for Gairdner Foundation Award
Creator:: Nirenberg, Marshall W.
Date:: [1967?]
Description:: The Gairdner Foundation is a non-profit corporation devoted to the recognition of outstanding achievement in biomedical research worldwide. Nirenberg won the award in 1967. In this first page of his draft he discusses the importance of scientific freedom as an ideal to cherish.
Location:: Box: 4. Folder: 3
Rights:: Public Domain
Genre:: Speeches
Drafts (documents)
Format:: Text
Extent:: 1 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: JJBBRS
NLM ID:: 101584910X285
Profiles Collection:: The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X285
Story Section:: Beyond the Laboratory: Professional, Personal, and Political Life, 1967-2002