List of Texas A&M University People - Notable Texas A&M Faculty and Affiliates - Nobel Prize Laureates

Nobel Prize Laureates

Name Department Notability References
Derek Barton Chemistry 1969 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry
Norman Borlaug Soil and Crop Sciences One of five people in history to have won the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal; Nobel Prize winner
Elias James Corey - Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
Sheldon Lee Glashow Physics 1979 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics
Robert H. Grubbs Chemistry 1995 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry
Dudley R. Herschbach Physics 1986 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry
Jack Kilby Electrical engineering 2000 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics; National Medal of Science winner
David Lee Physics 1996 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics
Bruce McCarl Agricultural economics 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner (member of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
Vernon L. Smith Institute for Advanced Study 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics

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