James D. Watson

James D. Watson is best known for his discovery of the
structure of DNA, for which he shared with Frances Crick
and Maurice Wilkins the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine. He is currently the president of Cold Springs
Harbor Laboratory, which is a leader in the fields of
cancer research, plant molecular biology, cell biochemistry
and neuroscience. Dr. Watson has received numerous honors
including the National Medal of Science awarded to him by
President Clinton in 1997.