Luc Montagnier French Nobel Prize Scientist AIDS Hand Signed Card & Mailer

CHAU4351  An original 7" x 5" hand signed card for French Nobel Prize winning virologist Luc Montagnier (see image 2) which he has personally autographed in excellent condition - comes with the envelope sent from his offices to the collector with his official hand written envelope from his private offices (see image 1) for the ultimate in lifetime authenticity.

Luc Montagnier was a French virologist and joint recipient, with FranÔøΩoise BarrÔøΩ-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen, of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus.

Montagnier was the co-founder of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention and co-directed the Program for International Viral Collaboration. He was the founder and a former president of the Houston-based World Foundation for Medical Research and Prevention. He received more than 20 major awards, including the National Order of Merit (Commander, 1986) and the LÔøΩgion d'honneur (Knight: 1984; Officer: 1990; Commander: 1993; Grand Officer: 2009),  He was a recipient of the Lasker Award and the Scheele Award (1986), the LouisJeantet Prize for medicine (1986), the Gairdner Award (1987), the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement (1987), King Faisal International Prize (1993) (known as the Arab Nobel Prize), and the Prince of Asturias Award (2000). He was also a member of the AcadÔøΩmie Nationale de MÔøΩdecine,  and was awarded the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) from Whittier College in 2010