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Berg worked as a professor at Washington University School of Medicine and Stanford University School of Medicine, in addition to serving as the director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine.","In addition to the Nobel Prize, Berg was presented with the National Medal of Science in 1983 and the National Library of Medicine Medal in 1986. Berg was a member of the Board of Sponsors for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"30 June 1926","date":"1926-06-30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102379#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Brooklyn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18419"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102379#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"15 February 2023","date":"2023-02-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102379#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Stanford","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173813"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102379#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102379#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"biochemist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2919046"},{"text":"molecular biologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15839206"},{"text":"chemist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593644"},{"text":"researcher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1650915"},{"text":"university teacher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1622272"},{"text":"biologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q864503"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102379#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Case Western Reserve University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1047060","end":"1952"},{"text":"Pennsylvania State University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q739627","end":"1948"},{"text":"Abraham Lincoln High School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4669021","end":"1943"},{"text":"Clare Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q762068"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102379#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Mildred Berg","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96644112"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102379#P26"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q999734","date":"1980"},{"text":"Nobel Prize in Chemistry","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44585","date":"1980"},{"text":"AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4649717","date":"1982"},{"text":"Canada Gairdner International Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1031994","date":"1980"},{"text":"National Medal of Science","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q737051","date":"1983"},{"text":"Max Delbrück Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1912013","date":"1999"},{"text":"ASCB Public Service Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4654099","date":"2003"},{"text":"Biotechnology Heritage Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17149490","date":"2005"},{"text":"Foreign Member of the Royal Society","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14906020","date":"1992-06-18"},{"text":"American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3853553","date":"2008"},{"text":"Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25324264","date":"2006"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102379#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Berg","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102379"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Paul Berg born?","a":"Paul Berg was born on 30 June 1926 in Brooklyn."},{"q":"Where did Paul Berg study?","a":"Paul Berg was educated at Case Western Reserve University, Pennsylvania State University, Abraham Lincoln High School, Clare Hall."}],"related":[{"name":"Jan Koum","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jan-koum"},{"name":"Joe Gebbia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joe-gebbia"},{"name":"Luke Nosek","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/luke-nosek"},{"name":"Miriam Adelson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/miriam-adelson"},{"name":"Adam Riess","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/adam-riess"},{"name":"Alan J. 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