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Jacques Robert Fresco (May 30, 1928 - December 5, 2021) was an American biochemist. Fresco earned a dual chemistry and biology bachelor's degree from
New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...
, completed a master's degree in biology followed by a doctorate in biochemistry. Prior to joining the
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faculty in 1960, he worked for the
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. Fresco was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Grant (money), grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon Guggenheim, Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon indiv ...
in 1968, and retired from Princeton as Damon B. Pfeiffer Professor in the Life Sciences, Emeritus.


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