Japan Prize 1989: Winners

Recipients

1. Environmental Science and Technology

   F. Sherwood Rowland

   Earth Science

   for the studies on the mechanisms of stratospheric ozone depletion by chlorofluorocarbons.

2. Medicinal Science

   Elias James Corey

   Biology

   for the pioneering contributions to the syntheses of prostaglandins and their related compounds which are of great therapeutic value.