Nobel Prize Recipient. Wendell Meredith Stanley, an American biochemist, received international professional recognition after being awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He jointly shared half of the coveted award with John Howard Northrop, while James B. Sumner received the other half as his monetary reward. The men received the award, according to the Nobel Prize committee, "for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form." He reported the first virus in crystalline form on June 28, 1935. Well-respected in the scientific community, he received 45 nominations for the Nobel candidacy, yet years later, some of his earlier results, which was the basis for the covet award, were severely criticized. Born in a small town, he attended public schools. Being a successful four-year collegiate football player, he planned to become a coach upon graduation. Majoring in chemistry, he received a Bachelors in Science degree from Earlham College in Richard, Indiana, yet his career goal changed with encouragement from a chemistry professor. Transferring to the University of Illinois, he earned a Masters in Science degree in 1927 and a Ph. D. in chemistry in 1929. He remained at the University of Illinois, eventually becoming an instructor. In 1930 he traveled to Munich, Germany as a National Research Council Fellow for one year, studying under Heinrich Wieland, 1927 Nobel Prize recipient. Upon returning to the United States, he accepted a post as Assistant at the Rockefeller Institute in New York, becoming an Associate Member in 1937 at the Princeton University campus, and remaining there until 1948 when the Princeton campus closed. At that point, he was appointed Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the Virus Laboratory of the University of California; during 1948 to 1953, he was Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry; and in 1958 he became Professor of Virology and Chairman of the Department. During World War II, he researched influenza and similar viruses, which has led to his development of the centrifuge-type influenza vaccine. He is a recognized world authority on viruses and, as such, he has written over 150 papers on the topic and contributed chapters to several books. Besides the 1946 Nobel Prize, he was awarded the Rosenburger Medal from University of Chicago, Alder Prize from Harvard University, and Scott Award from the City of Philadelphia in 1938; Gold Medal of the American Institute of New York in 1941; Copernican Citation in 1943; Nichols Medal from American Chemical Society in 1946; Gibbs Medal from American Chemical Society in 1947; Franklin Medal and Presidential Certificate of Merit in 1948; the Modern Medicine Award in 1958; and the American Cancer Society's Medal for Distinguished Service in Cancer Control in 1963. He has been awarded honorary doctorate degrees by many universities and colleges, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton and the University of Paris. In 1929 he published a paper with the graduate student, Marian S. Jay. The couple married and had three daughters and a son, Wendell Meredith Stanley, Jr., who became a noted scientist. After presenting a paper at a scientific conference in Barcelona, Spain, he died suddenly of a heart attack while touring the countryside. The laboratory that he built at the University of California was named the Wendell M. Stanley Hall. Stanley Hall at Earlham College are named in his honor.