Background
Leloir, Luis Federico was born on September 6, 1906 in Paris.
Leloir, Luis Federico was born on September 6, 1906 in Paris.
Student, University Buenos Aires. Doctor honorary, universities Paris, Granada, Cordoba.
Research chemist, Institute Biology and Experimental Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1946-1947; director, Institute Bio-chemical Research, Campomar, Argentina, since 1947; head department biochemistry, U. Buenos Aires, Campomar, Argentina, since 1962; member directory, National Research Council, Campomar, Argentina, 1958-1964.
Foreign member National Academy of Sciences (United States), American Academy Art and Sciences, American Philosophical Society. Member Argentine Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman 1958-1959), National Academy Medicine.
Married Amelie Zuherbuhler de Leloir, 1 daughter.