6 Severo Ochoa
by: Victor de la Peña
synopsis
he was a native spaniard wh moved to US
born september 24, 1905 in Luarca, Asturias, Spain
father was was lawyer, passed away at age while ochoa was 7
went to jesuit school in malaga for primary/secondary and went to theuniversity of madrid, earned medical degree in 1929
he was a nobel prize winning scientist, MD,
he worked at university of madrid,and in america the universities of washington and NYU, eventually becoming the head of the nyu biochem dep.
he was famous for his discovery of a way to synthesize ribonucleic acid and the nobel prize that he won in physiology/medicine for it