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Memorial Page for Kary Mullis
Dec 28, 1944 – Aug 7, 2019(74 years)Died in:Newport Beach, Orange County
American biochemist
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August 7th, 2026
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Kary Mullis (* December 28, 1944 in Lenoir; † August 7, 2019 in Newport Beach) was an american biochemist. He was 74 years old. He had 1 child. His education included University of California, Berkeley, Georgia Tech and Dreher High School. He received 9 awards, including Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Canada Gairdner International Award. His cause of death was pneumonia.
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10 EventsBorn in Lenoir, Caldwell County
1944ASHG Lifetime Achievement Award
1990Canada Gairdner International Award
1991Robert Koch Prize
1992John Scott Award
1992Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1993Japan Prize
1993National Inventors Hall of Fame
1998honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University
2010Died in Newport Beach, Orange County (pneumonia)
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- Cecil Banks Mullis
Kary Mullis. Forever remembered.