Lasker Award 1960: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Ernst Ruska, James Hillier

   Biology

   For the design, construction, development, and perfection of the electron microscope.

2. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Francis Harry Compton Crick, James Dewey Watson, Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins

   Biology

   For revealing the structure of the DNA molecule.

3. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   James V. Neel, L.S. Penrose

   Biology

   For laying the foundation for research in human genetics; and, specifically, to Dr. Neel for his work on thalassemia and sickle cell anemia.

4. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Abel Wolman

   Biology

   Leader of both lay and professional health groups, consultant to industrial companies and advisor to government bodies: his engineering skill and organizational genius contributed much toward achieving a healthier environment for many people.

5. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   John B. Grant

   Biology

   International statesman of public health, a recognized authority on the problems of preventive medicine and medical care.

6. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Edgar V. Allen, Irving S. Wright, Karl Paul Link

   Biology

   For pioneering the development and use of anticoagulant drugs.