David Baltimore

David Baltimore
Baltimore in 2021
6th President of the California Institute of Technology
In office 1997–2005
Preceded by	Thomas Eugene Everhart
Succeeded by	Jean-Lou Chameau
6th President of Rockefeller University
In office 1990–1991
Preceded by	Joshua Lederberg
Succeeded by	Torsten Wiesel
Personal details
Born	(1938-03-07) March 7, 1938 (age 86) New York, New York, U.S.
Spouse	Alice S. Huang ​ (m. 1968)​
Children	1
Education	Swarthmore College (BA) Rockefeller University (PhD)
Website	www.bbe.caltech.edu/content/david-baltimore
Known for	Reverse transcriptase Baltimore classification
Awards	NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1974) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1975) Sir Hans Krebs Medal (1997) National Medal of Science (1999) Lasker Award (2021)
Scientific career
Fields	Cell biology, microbiology
Institutions	MIT Rockefeller University California Institute of Technology
Thesis	The diversion of macromolecular synthesis in L-cells towards ends dictated by mengovirus (1964)
Doctoral advisor	Richard Franklin
Doctoral students	Sara Cherry

External videos
Nobel Prize Interview with Dr. David Baltimore, 26 April 2001, Nobel Prize.org
David Baltimore: Danger from the Wild: HIV, Can We Conquer It?, iBiology

David Baltimore (born March 7, 1938) is an American biologist, university administrator, and 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. He is a professor of biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he served as president from 1997 to 2006.^[1] He founded the Whitehead Institute and directed it from 1982 to 1990. In 2008, he served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

At age 37, Baltimore won the Nobel Prize with Renato Dulbecco and Howard M. Temin "for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell", specifically the discovery of the enzyme reverse transcriptase.^[2] He has contributed to immunology, virology, cancer research, biotechnology, and recombinant DNA research. He has also trained many doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows, several of whom have gone on to notable and distinguished research careers. In addition to the Nobel Prize, he has received a number of awards, including the U.S. National Medal of Science in 1999 and the Lasker Award in 2021.^[3]