Arthur Kornberg
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Arthur Kornberg (born March 3, 1918), won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 for his "discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid" together with Dr. Severo Ochoa of New York University. Born in New York City he was the son of Joseph and Lena Kornberg. He has also been warded with the Paul-Lewis Laboratories Award in Enzyme Chemistry from the American Chemical Society in 1951, as well as a L.H.D. degree from Yeshiva University in 1962.
His primary research interest have been in biochemistry, especially enzyme chemistry, the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and studying the nucleic acids which control heredity in animals, plants, bacteria and viruses.
Educated at City College in New York City he received at B. Sc. in 1937, followed by an M.D. at the University of Rochester, Rochester in 1941. He married Sylvy Ruth Levy, now research associate in the Dept. of Biochemistry, on November 21, 1943 and had three sons: Roger David Kornberg (1947) Thomas Bill Kornberg (1948), Kenneth Andrew Kornberg (1950).
His internship was with Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester between 1941-1942. After completing his medical training he joined the armed services as a Commissioned Officer, NIH, Bethesda (1942-1953) and Lieutenant in the United States Coast Guards (1942-1945). He was also Chief of the Enzyme and Metabolism Section, 1947-1953 at NIH during this time.
In 1953 he became Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, until 1959. In 1960 he received a LL.D. again from City College, followed by a D. Sc. at the University of Rochester in 1962. He has been Professor and Executive Head of the Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford since 1959.
Books
- For the Love of Enzymes: The Odyssey of a Biochemist. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1989.
- The Golden Helix
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