Roger Guillemin

Roger Guillemin
Born
Roger Charles Louis Guillemin

(1924-01-11)January 11, 1924
DiedFebruary 21, 2024(2024-02-21) (aged 100)
NationalityFrench
CitizenshipUnited States[1]
Alma materUniversité de Montréal
Université de Bourgogne
Known forNeurohormones
Spouse
Lucienne Guillemin
(died 2021)
Children6
AwardsNational Medal of Science,
Nobel Prize (1977)
Dickson Prize (1977)
Scientific career
FieldsBiology
Neurology
InstitutionsBaylor College of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Doctoral studentsWylie Vale

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.

  1. ^ Schlessinger, Bernard S; Schlessinger, June H. (1996). The who's who of Nobel Prize winners, 1901–1995. Oryx Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-89774-899-5.