Baruj Benacerraf

Baruj Benacerraf
Baruj Benacerraf
	Benacerraf in 1969
Born	October 29, 1920; Caracas, Venezuela
Died	August 2, 2011 (aged 90); Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, U.S.
Citizenship	Venezuela; United States (from 1943)
Education	Columbia University; Virginia Commonwealth University;
Known for	Major histocompatibility complex
Spouse	Annette Dreyfus (m. 1943; died 2011)
Children	1 daughter
Awards	National Medal of Science; 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine;
	Scientific career
Fields	Immunology, medicine
Institutions	Virginia Commonwealth University; New York University; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; National Institutes of Health; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Harvard Medical School; Dana–Farber Cancer Institute;

Baruj Benacerraf Lasry (/bɪˈnæsərəf/; October 29, 1920 – August 2, 2011) was a Venezuelan and American immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface protein molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and non-self." His colleagues and shared recipients were Jean Dausset and George Davis Snell.