Rossmann, M. G. (Michael G.), 1930-2019
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Michael G. Rossmann was born on July 30, 1930, in Frankfurt, Germany. In 1985, he discovered the structure of the common cold virus using X-ray crystallography. He also discovered the structures for insect-carrying disease. In 1939, Rossmann immigrated to London, England, during the start of World War II. He received his bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics. He went on to receive his master's degree in physics in 1953. Rossmann completed his Ph.D. at the University of Glasgow in Chemistry Crystallography. He was a post-doctoral scientist in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and in 1958, was a research associate at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology under Max Perutz in Cambridge, England. Rossmann became a part of the Purdue Faculty in 1964. After many years of service, Professor Rossmann was recognized as a Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences at Purdue. Rossmann passed away on May 14, 2019, in West Lafayette, Indiana.