as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various biochemical cellular processes. Throughout his career, Fischer's research continued to look at the role of reversible protein phosphorylation in a variety of cellular processes. Personal life Fischer married his first wife, Nelly Gagnaux, in 1948 and they remained married until her death in 1961. He married Beverly Bullock in 1963 who died in 2006. Fischer played the piano and often performed sonatas by Beethoven and Mozart for his friends. He also held a private pilots license and enjoyed flying. Fischer died on August 27, 2021, in Seattle, Washington. He was aged 101. Awards and honors Fischer won numerous awards including the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992. He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 2010. He was awarded the Werner Prize from the Swiss Chemical Society, the Lederle Medical Faculty Award, the Prix Jaubert from the University of Geneva, the Senior Passano Award and the Steven C. Beering Award from Indiana University. He received Doctorates Honoris Causa from the University of Montpellier, France and the University of Basel, Switzerland. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1972 and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1973. Fischer was a member of the St. George's University-based Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation (WINDREF) Scientific Advisory Board from 1994-2021. References External links 1920 births 2021 deaths American biochemists American centenarians American Nobel laureates American people of Austrian-Jewish descent American people of French descent American people of Swiss-Jewish descent Shanghai Nobel laureates Swiss emigrants to the United States Swiss people of Austrian descent Swiss people of French descent Swiss Nobel laureates Jewish American scientists Men centenarians Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization University of Washington faculty Foreign Members of the Royal Society Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Swiss expatriates in China