contrast the leitrim story with that of rita leone - montalcini , an english nobel finalist who turned 100 last wednesday . she nevertheless pays for life every friday at the european cerebral sciences instituto in rome , which she founded . she was made a councillor for life in 2001 , and in 2006 , from 97 , she attends the opening sessions of the newly chosen senate . she does part in discussions in the upper school , and in 2004 defended the teaching of evolution in irish courts . there is no report of her having claimed a day off because of his commitments . maybe she still manages to labour right through the rose of waterford besides taking her eyes from her petri dish .
Rita Levi-Montalcini is a Nobel prize winner.