Awards & Winners

1960 Lasker Award

Check winners and nominations of 1960 Lasker Award. Check awards winners of 1960 Lasker Award. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research

Ernst Ruska, James Hillier

(For their major contribution to the design, construction, development and perfection of the electron microscope.)
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research

James V. Neel, Lionel Penrose

(For laying the foundation for the rapid development of research in human genetics; and, specifically, to Dr. Neel for his work on thalassemia and sickle cell anemia.)
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research

Maurice Wilkins, James D. Watson, Francis Crick

(For their contribution in revealing the structure of the DNA model.)
Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service

John B. Grant

(For his work as an international statesman of public health, a recognized authority on the problems of preventive medicine and medical care.)
Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service

Abel Wolman

(For his work as a leader of both lay and professional health groups, consultant to industrial companies and advisor to government bodies: his engineering skill and organizational genius contributed much toward achieving a healthier environment for many people.)
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

Karl Paul Link, Irving Wright, Edgar Allen

(Joint award for pioneering the development and use of anticoagulant drugs. )