Vincent du Vigneaud

Vincent du Vigneaud
du Vigneaud in 1955
Born	May 18, 1901 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died	December 11, 1978(1978-12-11) (aged 77) White Plains, New York, USA
Alma mater	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University of Rochester
Known for	synthesis of oxytocin and vasopressin
Awards	William H. Nichols Medal (1945) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1948) Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1955) Willard Gibbs Award (1956)
Scientific career
Fields	Organic chemistry, Peptide synthesis
Institutions	University of Edinburgh Johns Hopkins University George Washington University Cornell University
Thesis	The Sulfur of Insulin  (1927)
Doctoral advisor	John R. Murlin
Doctoral students	Sofia Simmonds

Vincent du Vigneaud (May 18, 1901 – December 11, 1978) was an American biochemist. He was recipient of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone,"^[1] a reference to his work on the peptide hormone oxytocin.