Kimber Genetics Award

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The Kimber Genetics Award was awarded by the National Academy of Sciences for excellence in the field of genetics . John E. Kimber, a poultry farmer from Niles , California , (now incorporated in Fremont ), founded the award in 1955. The last award was in 1967; In 1970 the price was discontinued.

Three of the 15 award winners later received a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ; Hermann Joseph Muller had already received it in 1946, George W. Beadle in 1958.

Award winners

Barbara McClintock was the last winner.

1955 William Ernest Castle and Hermann Joseph Muller (Nobel Prize 1946)
1956 Sewall Wright
1957 Alfred Sturtevant
1958 Theodosius Dobzhansky
1959 Tracy M. Sonneborn
1960 George Wells Beadle (Nobel Prize 1958)
1961 JBS Haldane
1962 Milislav Demerec
1963 Curt Stern
1964 Max Delbrück (Nobel Prize 1969)
1965 Alfred Day Hershey (Nobel Prize 1969)
1966 Nikolai Wladimirowitsch Timofejew-Ressowski
1967 Barbara McClintock (Nobel Prize 1983)

Web links

Kimber Genetics Award at the National Academy of Sciences (nasonline.org)
The History of Kimber Farms Inc. (PDF, 2.6 MB)