Leo Sternbach

Polish-American chemist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1908 to 2005 · aged 97

Leo Sternbach was a Polish American chemist credited with the first synthesis of benzodiazepines, the most widely-used class of minor tranquilizers.

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A life in dates

2005Died28 September 2005National Inventors Hall of FameAward1982John Scott AwardAward1979ACS Award for Creative InventionAward1908Born7 May 1908

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National Inventors Hall of Fame2005

John Scott Award1982

ACS Award for Creative Invention1979

Country

United States