Leonardo de Jesús Mata Jimenez, Costa Rican physician (Dota, San Jose Province  06 December 1933- 

Performed studies in public health and virology

Developed Agar cell culture precipitation test, published in Journal of Immunology 91(2):151-62, 1963.   

HONOURS

Strother Chair, University of Washington (1974)

Charles Franklin Craig Chair, American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (1974)

Samuel Z. Levine Chair, University of Texas, Medical Center (1975)

UNESCO Science Prize (1981)

Stuart Mudd Award, World Academy of Art and Science, Philadelphia, USA (1982)

Life Member, World Academy of Art and Science, Philadelphia, USA (1983)

Spiegel Chair, Columbia University (1986)

Withering Chair, University of Birmingham (1990)

Honorary Life Member, American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (1992)