Erwin Chargaff

Erwin Chargaff was educated in Austria and received his doctorate in chemistry from the University of Vienna. In addition to the National Medal of Science, Dr. Chargaff was the recipient of the Pasteur, Carl Neuberg, and Gregor Mendel medals as well as the Mayer Prize (French Academy of Sciences), the Heineken Prize (Royal Netherland Academy of Sciences), and the Bertner Foundation Award. He was a member of several academies, including the National Academy of Sciences, and held honorary doctorates from Columbia University and the University of Basel. He died in 2002.