Year |
Image |
Laureate |
Relation |
Category |
Rationale |
1922 |
 |
Meyerhof, Otto FritzOtto Fritz Meyerhof |
Research Professor in Physiological Chemistry, 1940–1951 |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in the muscle"[7] |
1938 |
 |
Kuhn, RichardRichard Kuhn |
Visiting Research Professor for Physiological chemistry |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for his work on carotenoids and vitamins"[10] |
1955 |
|
du Vigneaud, VincentVincent du Vigneaud |
Assistant in Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, 1924–1925 |
Chemistry |
"for his work on sulphur compounds, especially the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone"[11] |
1961 |
 |
Hofstadter, RobertRobert Hofstadter |
Research Fellow, 1939–1940; Physics Instructor, 1940–1941 |
Physics |
"for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his thereby achieved discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleons"[12] |
1964 |
 |
King, Jr., Martin LutherMartin Luther King, Jr. |
Graduate Student, 1950–51 |
Nobel Peace Prize |
for being "the first person in the Western world to have shown us that a struggle can be waged without violence."[13] |
1967 |
 |
Granit, RagnarRagnar Granit |
Research Fellow, 1929–1931; Sc.D., 1971 |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye"[8] |
1967 |
|
Hartline, Haldan KefferHaldan Keffer Hartline |
Research Fellow in Biophysics, 1931–1936; Assistant Professor, 1936–1942; Associate Professor, 1943–1948; Professor, 1948–1949; Sc.D., 1971 |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye"[8] |
1971 |
|
Kuznets, SimonSimon Kuznets |
Assistant Professor of Economic Statistics, 1930–1934; Associate Professor, 1934–1935; Professor, 1936–1954; Sc.D., 1956; LL.D., 1976 |
Economics |
"for his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic and social structure and process of development."[14] |
1972 |
 |
Anfinsen, Christian B.Christian B. Anfinsen |
M.S., 1939; Sc.D., 1973 |
Chemistry |
"for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation"[15] |
1972 |
|
Edelman, GeraldGerald Edelman |
M.D., 1954; Sc.D., 1973 |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies"[16] |
1972 |
 |
Schrieffer, John RobertJohn Robert Schrieffer |
Professor of Physics, 1962–1980; Sc.D., 1973 |
Physics |
"for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory"[17] |
1976 |
 |
Blumberg, Baruch SamuelBaruch Samuel Blumberg |
Professor of Medicine, 1964– ;Sc.D., 1990 |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases"[18] |
1980 |
|
Klein, LawrenceLawrence Klein |
Professor of Economics, 1958– |
Economics |
"for the creation of econometric models and the application to the analysis of economic fluctuations and economic policies."[19] |
1985 |
 |
Brown, Michael StuartMichael Stuart Brown |
A.B., 1962; M.D., 1966; Sc.D. 1986 |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism"[20] |
1997 |
 |
Prusiner, Stanley B.Stanley B. Prusiner |
A.B., 1964; M.D., 1968 |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for his discovery of Prions - a new biological principle of infection"[21] |
1999 |
 |
Zewail, AhmedAhmed Zewail |
Ph.D., 1974; Sc.D. 1997 |
Chemistry |
"for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy"[22] |
2000 |
|
Heeger, Alan J.Alan J. Heeger |
Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, 1962–1982 |
Chemistry |
"for their discovery and development of conductive polymers"[9] |
2000 |
|
MacDiarmid, AlanAlan MacDiarmid |
Department of Chemistry, 1955– ; Blanchard Professor of Chemistry, 1988– |
Chemistry |
"for their discovery and development of conductive polymers"[9] |
2000 |
|
Shirakawa, HidekiHideki Shirakawa |
Department of Chemistry, Post-Doctoral Researcher, 1976 |
Chemistry |
"for their discovery and development of conductive polymers"[9] |
2002 |
 |
Davis, Jr., RaymondRaymond Davis, Jr. |
Professor, 1985–2006 |
Physics |
"for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos"[23] |
2004 |
 |
Rose, IrwinIrwin Rose |
Professor of Physical Biochemistry, 1971– |
Chemistry |
"for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation"[24] |
2004 |
 |
Prescott, Edward C.Edward C. Prescott |
Assistant Professor, 1967–1971 |
Economics |
"for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles."[25] |
2006 |
 |
Phelps, EdmundEdmund Phelps |
Professor, 1966–1971 |
Economics |
"for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy."[26] |
2008 |
 |
zur Hausen, HaraldHarald zur Hausen |
Assistant professor, 1968–1969[27] |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer"[28] |
2009 |
 |
E. Smith, GeorgeGeorge E. Smith |
B.S., 1955 |
Physics |
"for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor"[29] |
2009 |
 |
E. Williamson, OliverOliver E. Williamson |
Professor, 1965–1983 |
Economics |
"for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm"[30] |
2010 |
 |
Negishi, Ei'ichiEi'ichi Negishi |
Ph.D., 1963 |
Chemistry |
"for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis"[31] |
2011 |
 |
Sargent, Thomas J.Thomas J. Sargent |
Professor, 1970–1971 |
Economics |
"for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy" |