Melvin Calvin

Melvin Calvin
Calvin c. 1960s
Born	Melvin Ellis Calvin April 8, 1911 St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	January 8, 1997(1997-01-08) (aged 85) Berkeley, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Michigan College of Mining and Technology University of Minnesota
Known for	Calvin cycle
Spouse	Genevieve Elle Jemtegaard (m. 1942, d. 1987)
Children	3
Awards	Centenary Prize (1955) William H. Nichols Medal (1958) Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1961) Davy Medal (1964) Priestley Medal (1978) AIC Gold Medal (1979) National Medal of Science (1989)[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry · Biology
Institutions	University of Manchester University of California, Berkeley Berkeley Radiation Laboratory Science Advisory Committee
Academic advisors	Michael Polanyi
Doctoral students	Cyril Ponnamperuma[2]

Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8, 1911 – January 8, 1997)^[3] was an American biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He spent most of his five-decade career at the University of California, Berkeley.