Memorial Service for Christian Anfinsen A memorial service to celebrate the life of biology professor Christian B. Anfinsen will take place Sunday, Sept. 10, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Newbury Auditorium at Mudd Hall. A reception will follow immediately. Dr. Anfinsen, who died on May 14, 1995 at the age of 79, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1972.