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He was born in Ridgeville, Indiana , and earned a BS in Chemistry at Earlham College . He then studied at the University Of Illinois , gaining a MS in science in 1927 followed by a PhD in chemistry two years later. As a member of National Research Council he moved temporarily for academic work in Munich before he returned to the States in 1931 . On return he was approved as an assistant at Rockefeller Institute , the post he held until 1948 . He later became Professor of Biochemistry at University Of California, Berkeley , and in 1958 Chairman of the Biochemistry Department. Stanley's work contributed to knowledge on Lepracidal Compounds , diphenyl Stereochemistry and the chemistry of the sterols. His researches on the Virus causing the Mosaic Disease in Tobacco plants led to the isolation of a Nucleoprotein which displayed tobacco mosaic virus activity. He was awarded the Nobel Prize In Chemistry for 1946 . His other notable awards included the Rosenburger Medal , Alder Prize and Scott Award . He was also awarded honorary degrees by many universities both American and foreign, including Harvard , Yale , Princeton and the University Of Paris . Stanley married Marian Staples in 1929 and had three daughters (Marjorie, Dorothy and Janet), and a son, Wendell M. Junior. Stanley Hall at UC Berkeley (now Stanley Biosciences and Bioengineering Facility) and Stanley Hall at Earlham College are named in his honor. EXTERNAL LINKS
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