William S. Knowles dies at 95; Nobel Prize-winning chemist

As an organic chemist at Monsanto Co., he helped solve a long-standing problem in the manufacture of medicines.

William S. Knowles, a retired Monsanto Co. organic chemist who shared a Nobel Prize in 2001 for helping to solve a vexing problem in the manufacture of medicines, died Wednesday of complications of ALS at his home in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield, Mo. He was 95.

structured settlements cash car insurance premium definition cheap car insurance young person