Lasker Award 1969: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Robert Bruce Merrifield

   Biology

   For a new concept and a new method for the synthesis of polypeptides and proteins.

2. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   George C. Cotzias

   Biology

   For the demonstration of the effectiveness of L-DOPA in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.