National Medal of Science
Since its establishment in 1959, the National Medal of Science has been awarded to distinguished scientists and engineers whose careers spanned decades of research and development. Twenty scientists associated with The Rockefeller University have been honored with this award:
2008 Recipient, Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Investigator Elaine Fuchs, head of the Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development and The Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor at Rockefeller University, is a world leader in skin cell biology and its associated human diseases. Her work, which has received international acclaim, focuses on how stem cells in the skin undergo their orderly but complicated cycle of self-renewal, how they are coaxed to heal wounds and what goes wrong in disease. Fuchs has also gained recognition for her long-standing record of support for women in science.
Past Rockefeller Recipients
- 2008 Elaine Fuchs
- 2005 Torsten N. Wiesel
- 2003 James E. Darnell Jr.
- 2002 James Glimm
- 1999 David Baltimore
- 1997 William K. Estes
- 1991 George A. Miller
- 1989 Joshua Lederberg
- 1986 George Palade
- 1979 Paul A. Weiss
- 1976 Keith Porter
- 1976 George K. Uhlenbeck
- 1974 James A. Shannon
- 1973 Frederick Seitz
- 1968 Detlev W. Bronk
- 1966 Fritz A. Lipmann
- 1965 Peyton Rous
- 1965 Donald D. Van Slyke
- 1964 Theodosius Dobzhansky
- 1964 Neal E. Miller
Elaine Fuchs receives the National Medal of Science from President Obama
