Laureates
| Year | Image | Laureate | Relation | Category | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Wilson, WoodrowWoodrow Wilson | Ph.D., 1886 | Peace | "President of United States of America; Founder of the League of Nations" | |
| 1925 | Franck, JamesJames Franck |
Professor of Physics, 1935–38 | Physics | "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom" | |
| 1931 | Butler, Nicholas MurrayNicholas Murray Butler |
Lecturer, 1890–91 | Peace | "President, Columbia University; Promoter of Briand Kellogg Pact" | |
| 1933 | Morgan, Thomas HuntThomas Hunt Morgan | Ph.D., 1890; LL.D., 1915 | Physiology or Medicine | "for his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity" | |
| 1934 | Urey, HaroldHarold Urey | Associate in Chemistry, 1924–28 | Chemistry | "for his discovery of heavy hydrogen" | |
| 1934 | Minot, GeorgeGeorge Minot |
Assistant in Medicine, 1914–15 | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia" | |
| 1934 | Whipple, GeorgeGeorge Whipple |
M.D., 1905; Associate Professor in Pathology, 1910–14 | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia" | |
| 1944 | Erlanger, JosephJoseph Erlanger |
M.D., 1899; Assistant in Physiology, 1900–01; Instructor, 1901–03; Associate, 1903–04; Associate Professor, 1904–06; LL.D., 1947 | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres" | |
| 1944 | Gasser, Herbert SpencerHerbert Spencer Gasser |
M.D., 1915 | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres" | |
| 1955 | du Vigneaud, VincentVincent du Vigneaud |
National Research Fellow, Pharmacology 1927–28 | Chemistry | "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone" | |
| 1963 | Goeppert-Mayer, MariaMaria Goeppert-Mayer |
Assistant in Physics, 1930–32; Associate, 1932–36 | Physics | "for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure" | |
| 1966 | Rous, Francis PeytonFrancis Peyton Rous |
A.B., 1900; M.D., 1905 | Physiology or Medicine | "for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses" | |
| 1967 | Hartline, Haldan KefferHaldan Keffer Hartline |
M.D. 1927; Professor of Biophysics, 1949–54 | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye" | |
| 1968 | Onsager, LarsLars Onsager | Associate in Chemistry, 1927–28 | Chemistry | "for the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes" | |
| 1971 | Kuznets, SimonSimon Kuznets | Professor of Political Economy, 1954–60 | 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" | |
| 1972 | Anfinsen, Christian B.Christian B. Anfinsen |
Professor of Biology, 1982–1995 | Chemistry | "for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation" | |
| 1978 | Nathans, DanielDaniel Nathans |
Assistant Professor, 1962–65; Associate Professor, 1965–67; Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, 1967–1999; Interim President, 1995–96 | Physiology or Medicine | "for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics" | |
| 1978 | Smith, Hamilton O.Hamilton O. Smith |
M.D., 1956; Assistant Professor of Microbiology, 1967–69; Associate Professor, 1969–1973; Professor, 1973–1998; Professor Emeritus 1998–present | Physiology or Medicine | "for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics" | |
| 1981 | Hubel, David H.David H. Hubel |
Assistant Resident, Neurology, 1954–55; Fellow, Neuroscience, 1958–59 | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system" | |
| 1981 | Wiesel, Torsten N.Torsten N. Wiesel |
Fellow, Ophthalmology, 1955–58; Assistant Professor, 1958–59 | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system" | |
| 1984 | Stone, RichardRichard Stone | Visiting Professor, Political Economy 1953–54 | Economics | "for having made fundamental contributions to the development of systems of national accounts and hence greatly improved the basis for empirical economic analysis" | |
| 1990 | Miller, MertonMerton Miller |
Ph.D., 1952; Honorary doctorate, 1993 | Economics | "for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics" | |
| 1993 | Fogel, RobertRobert Fogel |
Ph.D., 1963 | Economics | "for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change" | |
| 1994 | Rodbell, MartinMartin Rodbell |
B.A., 1949 | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells" | |
| 1997 | Williams, JodyJody Williams |
M.A., 1984 | Peace | "for their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines" | |
| 1999 | Mundell, RobertRobert Mundell | Visiting faculty at SAIS Bologna Center, 2000–2001; AGIP Chair in International Economics at the center, 1997–98; also was on the center's faculty, 1959–61 | Economics | "for his analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas" | |
| 2000 | Greengard, PaulPaul Greengard |
Ph.D., 1953 | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system" | |
| 2002 | Giacconi, RiccardoRiccardo Giacconi |
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 1982–1997; Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy 1998–present | Physics | "for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources" | |
| 2003 | Agre, PeterPeter Agre |
M.D., 1974; Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Pharmacology, 1974–75; Research Associate/Instructor, Cell Biology and Anatomy, and Medicine, 1981–83; Assistant Professor, 1984–88; Associate Professor, 1988–93; Professor of Biological Chemistry and Medicine, 1993–2005 | Chemistry | "for discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes for the discovery of water channels" | |
| 2003 | Coetzee, J. M.J. M. Coetzee | Hinkley Visiting Professor in the Writing Seminars, January 1, 1989 to June 30, 1989 | Literature | "who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider" | |
| 2004 | Axel, RichardRichard Axel |
M.D., 1971 | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system" | |
| 2006 | Fire, AndrewAndrew Fire |
Adjunct professor of biology, 1989–present | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA" | |
| 2009 | Greider, CarolCarol Greider |
Daniel Nathans Professor and the Director of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the Johns Hopkins Institute of Basic Biomedical Sciences | Physiology or Medicine | "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase" | |
| 2011 | Riess, AdamAdam Riess |
Krieger-Eisenhower Professor in Physics and Astronomy, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts & Sciences | Physics | "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae." |
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