The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1990
Nobel co-recipient: Joseph E. Murray
Award: "for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease."
Nobel Prize Cash & Philanthropy
Edward Donnall Thomas donated his Noble Prize money of $700,000 to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He refused to specify the purpose for which the money was to be used.
Name: E. Donnall Thomas
Birth: 15 March 1920, Mart, TX, USA
Death: 20 October 2012, Seattle, WA, USA
Residence: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Award: "for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease."
Portion of Cash: 1/2
Nobel Prize Cash & Philanthropy