Title:

Letter from Berwyn F. Mattison, American Public Health Association to Francis Crick

Creator:

Mattison, Berwyn F.
American Public Health Association

Recipient:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Date:

1 August 1960

Description:

The Albert Lasker Medical Research Award is the highest honor awarded by an American organization in the medical sciences, and is sometimes called "America's Nobel" because many Lasker Award winners have later received the Nobel Prize.

Original Repository:

The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers

Location:

Box: 31. Folder: PP/CRI/E/1/8/7

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the American Public Health Association.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Awards and Prizes

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers. 11646. URL. http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk/

Legacy ID:

SCBBCN

NLM ID:

101584582X22

Profiles Collection:

The Francis Crick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X22

Story Section:

Deciphering the Genetic Code, 1958-1966