Vincent du Vigneaud

Vincent du Vigneaud (May 18, 1901 – December 11, 1978) was an American biochemist. He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1955. For the isolation, structural identification and total synthesis of the cyclic peptide oxytocin.

Life and work
He joined Alpha Chi Sigma while at the University of Illinois in 1930.

External link

 * http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1955/vigneaud-bio.html