Alfred Day Hershey (December 4, 1908 – May 22, 1997) was an American Nobel Prize –winning bacteriologist and geneticist. Hershey was born in Owosso, Michigan to Robert Day and Alma Wilbur Hershey. He earned a B.S. in chemistry in 1930, and Ph.D. in bacteriology in 1934 from Michigan State University.

A.D. Hershey (born Dec. 4, 1908, Owosso, Mich., U.S.—died May 22, 1997, Syosset, N.Y.) was an American biologist who, along with Max Delbrück and Salvador Luria, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1969.

May 22, 1997 · The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1969 was awarded jointly to Max Delbrück, Alfred D. Hershey and Salvador E. Luria "for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses"

Alfred D. Hershey was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Max Delbrück and Salvador E. Luria (AAI '58) for "their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses."

Jun 23, 2019 · In 1951 and 1952, Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase conducted a series of experiments at the Carnegie Institute of Washington in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, that verified genes were made of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.

Documenting the personal life and professional activities of 1969 Nobelist Dr. A.D. Hershey, the Alfred Day Hershey Collection consists of personal and professional correspondence; academic publications, honors and awards; and records of research conducted at the Carnegie Institute of Washington at Cold Spring Harbor, New York.

Alfred Hershey was a phage geneticist who, with his research assistant, Martha Chase, did one of the most famous experiments in molecular biology. The "blender" experiment proved that DNA carried genetic information.

Alfred Day Hershey (December 4, 1908 – May 22, 1997) was an American Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist and geneticist. He was born in Owosso, Michigan and received his B.S. in chemistry at Michigan State University in 1930 and his Ph.D. in bacteriology in 1934, taking a position shortly thereafter at the Department of Bacteriology at ...

Alfred Day Hershey was an American bacteriologist and geneticist who won the 1969 Noble Prize in Medicine, which he shared with Max Delbrück and Salvador Edward Luria. He discovered the fact that DNA, not protein, was the genetic material of life.

May 11, 2018 · By seeking to understand the reproduction of viruses, the simplest form of life, Alfred Day Hershey made important discoveries about the nature of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and laid the groundwork for modern molecular genetics.