American Academy of Achievement (1981), the Lasker Award (1987), the National Medal of Science (1991), the Harvey Prize, and the Heineken Prize awarded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In November 2015 he has been awarded an honorary doctoral degree from the Medical Faculty of the University of Basel for his lifetime achievements. References External links Remembrances: Phil Leder (1934-2020) Biographical information Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Links to digital facsimiles Leder's 'Codon notebooks' documenting the Nirenberg and Leder experiment can be found in HOLLIS, the Harvard University's library catalog Philip Leder's listing in Research Matters, Harvard University Esquire Magazine (ideasinactiontv.com, 7/2004) 1934 births 2020 deaths Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences American geneticists Harvard Medical School alumni Harvard University alumni Harvard Medical School faculty History of genetics National Medal of Science laureates Richard-Lounsbery Award laureates Recipients of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research Winners of the Heineken Prize Charles H. Revson Foundation Members of the National Academy of Medicine