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2 unusual facts about Jack W. Szostak


Jack W. Szostak

He developed the technique of in vitro evolution of RNA (also developed independently by Gerald Joyce) which enables the discovery of RNAs with desired functions through successive cycles of selection, amplification and mutation.

Although Szostak does not speak Polish, he stated in an interview with Wprost weekly that he remembers his Polish roots.


Jack W. Hill

The issuance of the one millionth Marine Corps service number was a sensation in the media and was reported by several major newspapers, including The New York Times.

Jack W. Robbins

Jack W. Robbins (1919–2005) was a principal prosecutor for the United States in the Pohl Trial.

Jack W. Smith

Perhaps for this reason, he moved to Ellistown in Coalville, where he was elected agent for the Leicestershire Miners' Association (LMA), replacing Levi Lovett, and he was soon elected onto the executive committee of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB), where he was a supporter of A. J. Cook.

Jack Williams

Jack W. Williams (born 1902, date of death unknown), Australian rules footballer

Leicestershire Miners' Association

Notable figures associated with the union include president Levi Lovett and agent Jack W. Smith.

Medal of Honor Aircraft

Jack W. Mathis and Robert E. Femoyer received posthumous awards while their respective B-17s survived, only to be scrapped later.

San Angelo Army Air Field

Today, the airfield is a civil airport named "Mathis Field", in honor of First Lieutenant Jack W. Mathis, a bombardier who received the Medal of Honor posthumously as a result of his heroic actions over Germany in 1943.


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