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laureates/1970/leloir-bio.html
Luis F. Leloir was born in Paris of Argentine parents on
September 6, 1906 and has lived in Buenos Aires since he was
two years old. He graduated as a Medical Doctor in the University
of Buenos Aires in 1932 and started his scientific career at
the Institute of Physiology working with Professor Bernardo
A. Houssay on the role of read more... |
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Mario Molina was born and raised in Mexico City, one of
the most polluted cities in the world. Not surprisingly,
today he is one of the world's most knowledgeable experts
on pollution and on the effects of chemical pollution on
the environment. Mario began his scientific career as a chemical
engineering major read
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Selena was a popular Tejano singer who won
a Grammy Award for her album Selena Live and recorded numerous
albums during
her brief career. By the age of 19, she was a millionaire;
by the age of 21, she could draw crowds of 20,000 at the
fairgrounds at Pasadena, Texas. read
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Aida Alvarez is the first Hispanic woman to head the U.S.
Small Business Administration (SBA) and the first person
of Puerto Rican descent to hold a Cabinet-level post in the
U.S. government. As such, she is part of the economic policy-making
team in the Clinton White House, responsible for ensuring
that small businesses in the United States receive the federal
support needed to be successful. She has helped minorities
and women break into the business world by making it easier
for them to qualify for loans read
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