Wald, George
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born  Nov 18 1906;  died at age 90  Apr 12, 1997;
 
pigments in the retina;
 
1967  Nobel  shared with  Haldan Hartline and Ragnar Granit.
 
Wald discov  vit A as a compon of retina.
 
when  rhodopsin was exposed to light => protein opsin and a cmpd containing vit A.
 
rhosopsin is the main photopigm. in rods.
 
he later determined pigments in the cone cells.
 
born in NYC
 
BS  NYU;  PhD  Columbia;
 
worked with Warburg  and Meyerhoff.
 
vocal oppoent of Vietnam War and nuclear arms race.
 
spoke at MIT in 1969.
 
 
 
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