Christian B. Anfinsen
(1916-1995)
Noted biochemist, born in Monessen. Recipient, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1972 for his pioneering study into the structure of the enzyme called "ribonuclease." A laboratory chief, National Institutes of Health, 1950-1982; he taught at Johns Hopkins University after 1982.
Marker is on Donner Avenue 0.2 miles from 4th Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
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