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Manuel Elkin Patarroyo, Prince of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research, has died
He was conferred the Award in 1994 for “the importance of his scientific contribution to the design, development and field experimentation of a synthetic vaccine against malaria”
Manuel Elkin Patarroyo, 1994 Prince of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research, has died.
The Jury decided to bestow the Award for “the importance of his scientific contribution to the design, development and field experimentation of a synthetic vaccine against malaria. His work is the result of many years of original, rigorous and persevering effort. His findings have been acknowledged and supported by the world´s health organisations. This work is an exemplary model for other efforts aimed at the synthesis of vaccines against the different epidemic diseases threatening the survival of large groups of humans”.
The Jury was chaired by Manuel Ballester Boix, Ramón Capote del Villar, Antonio Fernández-Rañada, Rafael Fernández Rubio, Antonio García Bellido, Federico García Moliner, Amable Liñán Martínez, Julio R. Villanueva, Clemente Sáenz Ridruejo and José Antonio Martínez Álvarez (secretary of the jury).
The Awards Ceremony, which took place on 24th November, was presided over by HM King Felipe VI, then Prince of Asturias. Besides the address by His Majesty, the speeches at the ceremony were given by Yaser Arafat, Isaac Rabin, Carlos Fuentes, el Padre Ángel and Plácido Arango, then President of the Princess of Asturias Foundation.
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