The scientist Thomas Cech

Thomas Cech

Living place: Illinois

Birthday: 8-12-1947 (77 years old)

Population of US 1947: 144,126,071

Global rank: #83831

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Who is The scientist Thomas Cech?
A chemist and former president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute found a potential source of life in his work with RNA. He was elected to the Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1988, a year after he was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences.
He and his research associate, Sidney Altman, won the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of the catalytic properties of RNA.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He earned his doctorate in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1975.

Family life info

He married Carol Lynn Martinson in 1970.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling The scientist Thomas Cech?
He and Ahmed Zewail both won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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When was The scientist Thomas Cech born?
Thomas Cech birthday 8-12-1947 (at the age of 77).
Where is The scientist Thomas Cech's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Thomas Cech was born in Illinois, . is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Thomas Cech's global rank is 83831 and whose rank is 658 in list of famous The scientist. Population of US in 1947 is about 144,126,071 persons.
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Events in 1947 and 8-12

Events in US in the birth year of Thomas Cech

  • Hollywood "Black List" created by HUAC.
  • Truman Doctrine proposes "containment" of communist expansion (March 12).
  • Taft-Hartley Act passed. Background: Labor Unions.
  • Jackie Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Birthday Thomas Cech (8-12) in history

  • Day 8-12 year 1854: Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.
  • Day 8-12 year 1886: The American Federation of Labor was founded at a convention of union leaders in Columbus, Ohio.
  • Day 8-12 year 1941: Congress declared war on Japan and the U.S. entered World War II.
  • Day 8-12 year 1949: Communist attacks forced the Chinese Nationalist government to flee to the island of Formosa (Taiwan).
  • Day 8-12 year 1978: Former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir died.
  • Day 8-12 year 1980: John Lennon, former member of the Beatles, was shot and killed in New York City by a deranged fan.
  • Day 8-12 year 1987: President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the first treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the two superpowers.
  • Day 8-12 year 1993: President Bill Clinton signed The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into law.
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