Philip A. Beachy, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins Univer- 
sity 
Pamela J. Bjorkman, Ph.D., California Institute of 
Technology 
Rudolf Grosschedl, Ph.D., University of California, 
San Francisco 
Harinder Singh, Ph.D., The University of Chicago 
Paul W Sternberg, Ph.D., California Institute of 
Technology 
James M. Wilson, M.D., Ph.D., University of 
Michigan 
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS 
Especially striking is the recognition accorded to 
investigators of the Institute by their scientific peers 
through their nominations to prestigious profes- 
sional societies; their appointments to local, na- 
tional, and international advisory groups and review 
panels; and their work on editorial boards. As a 
group they remain dedicated to service to their insti- 
tutions and the scientific community, as well as to 
their scientific research. One measure of the latter is 
the fact that during the period covered by this re- 
port, HHMI investigators published more than 1,500 
original scientific papers and reviews of their work. 
They have presented prestigious, named lectures at 
institutions around the world, and certain aspects of 
their research have been supported through such 
special research grant awards as the Javits, MERIT, 
and Outstanding Investigator Grant awards of the 
National Institutes of Health. The list of honors they 
have been awarded is lengthy, and only a selection 
can be presented in this report. 
Investigator Johann Deisenhofer shared the 1988 
Nobel Prize in Chemistry with his German colleagues 
Drs. R. Huber and H. Michel. Investigators Ronald M. 
Evans, John W Kappler, Philippa Marrack, and Allan 
C. Spradling were elected to the National Academy 
of Sciences. Investigator Richard O. Hynes was 
elected to the Royal Society of London. Investigator 
Thomas R. Cech was awarded the Louisa Gross 
Horvitz Prize from Columbia University and the 
Lewis Rosenstiel Award from Brandeis University and 
was among three who shared the 1988 Albert Lasker 
Basic Medical Research Award. Investigator Richard 
Axel received the Richard Lounsbery Award of the 
National Academy of Sciences. Associate Investigator 
Graeme I. Bell received the 1989 Mary Jane Kiigel 
Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Inter- 
national. The American Federation for Clinical Re- 
search presented its prestigious Young Investigator 
Award to Investigators Perry J. Blackshear and Lewis 
T. Williams. Investigator Giinter Blobel received the 
Waterford Award. The Glaxo Discovery Award was 
presented to Investigator Jackie D. Corbin. Investiga- 
tor Ronald M. Evans received the Van Meter/Rorer 
Pharmaceuticals Prize. The American Association of 
Anatomists presented the R.R. Bensely Award to As- 
sociate Investigator Elaine V Fuchs. Assistant Investi- 
gator Kenneth J. Hardy received the Scientific Excel- 
lence Award of the International Society for 
Interferon Research. Investigators Lily and Yuh Nung 
Jan were recipients of the W Alden Spencer Award 
and Lectureship of the Columbia University College 
of Physicians and Surgeons, and Dr. Lily Jan also re- 
ceived the Fourteenth Annual Mildred Trotter Award 
from Washington University School of Medicine. In- 
vestigator Yuet Wai Kan received the Premio Inter- 
nazionale San Remo per le Ricerche Genetiche. 
Senior Investigator Eric R. Kandel received the 
Distinguished Service Award of the American Psychi- 
atric Association, the Award in Basic Science of the 
American College of Physicians, and the Robert J. 
and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award in Neurosci- 
ence. The 3M Life Sciences Award was presented to 
Senior Investigator Edwin G. Krebs. The Royal So- 
ciety Wellcome Foundation Prize, the Warren Alpert 
Foundation Prize, and the Passano Foundation 
Young Scientist Award were presented to Associate 
Investigator Louis M. Kunkel, who also received 
the Distinguished Alumni Award from Gettysburg 
College. 
The Milken Family Medical Foundation presented 
the Basic Cancer Research Award to Senior Investiga- 
tor Philip Leder and an award to Investigator Robert 
Tjian. Dr. Leder also received the YD. Mattia Award 
of the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology. Investi- 
gator Steven L. McKnight was the recipient of the Eli 
Lilly and the Newcomb Cleveland Awards. Assistant 
Investigator Jeremy Nathans received the Wilson S. 
Stone Award of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 
and the 1988 Distinguished Young Scientist Award of 
the Maryland Academy of Sciences. Investigator Allan 
C. Spradling received the 1989 Medal of the Genetics 
Society of America. The Mount Sinai School of Medi- 
cine awarded Investigator Joan A. Steitz a D.Sc. 
(Hon.) degree. Dr. Steitz also received the Dickson 
Prize for Science from Carnegie-Mellon University. In- 
vestigator Susumu Tonegawa received the Kihara 
Prize of the Japanese Genetics Society and the Distin- 
guished Investigator Award of the American College 
of Rheumatology. Associate Investigator Francis S. 
Collins was honored by the Michigan Chapter of the 
National Neurofibromatosis Foundation with its 
award for outstanding contributions to research on 
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