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Elkan Blout

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Name
  
Elkan Blout

Education
  
Columbia University


Fields
  
Biochemistry

Resting place
  
Cuttyhunk Island

Born
  
July 2, 1919 (
1919-07-02
)

Notable awards
  
National Academy of Sciences (elected 1969); National Medal of Science (1990)

Died
  
December 20, 2006, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Awards
  
National Medal of Science for Chemistry

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Elkan R. Blout (July 2, 1919 – December 20, 2006) was a professor of biochemistry at Harvard University. He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1969. In 1990, he was awarded the National Medal of Science “for his pioneering studies of protein conformation and devotion to the scientific enterprise of the Nation.”

Blout died in December 2006, and is buried on Cuttyhunk Island.

References

Elkan Blout Wikipedia