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Roger Guillemin

1924-01-11 – 2024-02-21

1975 Award Winner - Roger C.L. GuilleminCredit: Unknown author

Life & Legacy

Roger Charles Louis Guillemin (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʒe ʃaʁl lwi ɡijmɛ̃]; January 11, 1924 – February 21, 2024) was a French-American neuroscientist. He received the National Medal of Science in 1976, and the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1977 for his work on neurohormones, sharing the prize that year with Andrew Schally and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow.

Occupation & Career

endocrinologist, biochemist, university teacher, neuroscientist, physician, physiologist

Education

Université de Montréal; University of Burgundy Europe; Lycée Carnot

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Canada Gairdner International Award; National Medal of Science; Commander of the Legion of Honour; Dickson Prize in Medicine; honorary doctorate at the Laval University; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; honorary doctorate of the Autonomous University of Madrid; honorary doctor of the University of Chicago; honorary doctor of the University of Sherbrooke; honorary doctor of the University of Manitoba; honorary doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur University; doctor honoris causa from the University of Dijon; honorary doctorate of Claude Bernard University Lyon 1; honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research · Canada Gairdner International Award · Commander of the Legion of Honour · Dickson Prize in Medicine · doctor honoris causa from the University of Dijon · Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences · honorary doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur University · honorary doctor of the University of Chicago · honorary doctor of the University of Manitoba · honorary doctor of the University of Sherbrooke · honorary doctorate at the Laval University · honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII · honorary doctorate of Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 · honorary doctorate of the Autonomous University of Madrid · National Medal of Science · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Employer

Collège de France · Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Organizations & Memberships

Académie Nationale de Médecine · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · American Association for the Advancement of Science · French Academy of Sciences · National Academy of Sciences · Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts