What is Maurice Sanford Fox?
{{Infobox scientist |birth_name = Maurice Sanford Fox |image = Maury_Fox_at_home,_2010.jpg |image_size = |birth_date = {{birth date|1924|10|11}} |birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2020|1|26|1924|10|11}} |nationality = American |field = [[Molecular Biology]] |work_institution = [[Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research]]<br>[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] |alma_mater = [[University of Chicago]] |doctoral_advisor =[[Willard Libby]] |doctoral_students =[[David Botstein]] |notable_students = [[H. Robert Horvitz]] |known_for = [[Molecular Biology]], Genetic [[Mutation]] |prizes = Docteur Honoris Causa, [[Paul Sabatier University]], Toulouse, France (1994) |religion = |footnotes = }} '''Maurice Sanford Fox''' (October 11, 1924 – January 26, 2020) was an American [[genetics|geneticist]] and [[molecular biology|molecular biologist]]. He was professor Emeritus of Biology at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT), where he was department chair between 1985 and 1989. He was important for the creation of the [[Council for a Livable World]]. Fox died on January 26, 2020 at the age of 95.<ref>[http://news.mit.edu/2020/maurice-fox-professor-emeritus-biology-dies-0131 Maurice Fox, professor emeritus of biology, dies at 95]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fox, Maurice S.}} [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:American geneticists]] [[Category:American biologists]] [[Category:Educators from New York City]] [[Category:Scientists from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}