he received the Antonio Feltrinelli International prize in Biology for his contributions to molecular biology. He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1965 American Academy of Arts and Sciences a year later. Personal life Spiegelman and his wife Helen had three children. He died of pancreatic cancer in 1983. See also Spiegelman Monster References External links Sol Spiegelman Papers (1929-1983) - National Library of Medicine finding aid The Sol Spiegelman Papers - Profiles in Science, National Library of Medicine 1914 births 1983 deaths American molecular biologists People from Brooklyn Jewish American scientists Columbia University faculty Recipients of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research Scientists from New York (state) Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences City College of New York alumni 20th-century American biologists American biologists Washington University School of Medicine alumni Deaths from cancer in New York (state)