Laureate

Raymond U. Lemieux

1920–2000 · Canada · Male

Awards

  1. 1985

    Canada Gairdner International Award

    Biology

    For his contributions to the organic synthesis and structural analysis of oligosaccharides with human blood-group antigen specificity.

  2. 1999

    Wolf Prize — Chemistry

    Chemistry

    for his fundamental and seminal contributions to the study and synthesis of oligosaccharides and to the elucidation of their role in molecular recognition in biological systems.