Robert F. Furchgott
Robert F. Furchgott
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998
Nobel co-recipients: Louis J. Ignarro, Ferid Murad
Photo: J.A. Jzburovich SUNY Downstate Med Ctr. Wiki.
Name: Robert F. Furchgott
Birth: 4 June 1916, Charleston, SC, USA
Death: 19 May 2009, Seattle, WA, USA
Institution: SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Award: “for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system.”
Portion of Cash: 1/3
Prize: “for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system.”
Nobel Prize Cash & Philanthropy
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Nobel Prize Cash & Philanthropy
Robert Furchgott’s family donated his awards to SUNY Downstate. On 8 Oct 2009 the university displayed them in the atrium adjacent to the auditorium. The awards included his Nobel Prize and many others such as The Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and The Gairdner Foundation Award.