Christian B. Anfinen
(1916-1995)
biochemist and Nobel Chemistry Laureate (from 1972)
Died aged c. 79
Commemorated on 1 plaque
Christian B. Anfinen (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.
3rd & Donner Avenues, Monessen, PA, United States where they taught