Henry M Sobell completed his studies at Brooklyn Technical High School (1948-1952), Columbia College (1952-1956), and University of Virginia School of Medicine (1956-1960). Instead of practicing clinical medicine, he then went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to join Professor Alexander Rich in the Department of Biology (1960-1965), where, he had a Helen Hay Whitney Post-doctoral Fellowship where he learned the technique of single crystal X-ray analysis. He then joined the Chemistry department at University of Rochester. Henry M Sobell completed his studies at Brooklyn Technical High School (1948-1952), Columbia College (1952-1956), and University of Virginia School of Medicine (1956-1960). Instead of practicing clinical medicine, he then went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to join Professor Alexander Rich in the Department of Biology (1960-1965), where, he had a Helen Hay Whitney Post-doctoral Fellowship where he learned the technique of single crystal X-ray analysis. He then joined the Chemistry department at University of Rochester.

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