Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1948
Number:12 - 0
 
Nominee:
Name:Selman A Waksman
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1888
Year, Death:1973
Profession:prof microbiology
University:Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
City:New Brunswick
State:NJ
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952
 
Motivation:Discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis.
 
Nominator:
Name:E D Friedman
Profession:prof neurology
City:New York
State:NY
Country:UNITED STATES (US)