Laureates
| 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" | |
| 1938 | Kuhn, RichardRichard Kuhn | Visiting Research Professor for Physiological chemistry | Physiology or Medicine | "for his work on carotenoids and vitamins" | |
| 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" | |
| 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" | |
| 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." | |
| 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" | |
| 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" | |
| 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." | |
| 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" | |
| 1972 | Edelman, GeraldGerald Edelman | M.D., 1954; Sc.D., 1973 | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies" | |
| 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" | |
| 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" | |
| 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." | |
| 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" | |
| 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" | |
| 1999 | Zewail, AhmedAhmed Zewail | Ph.D., 1974; Sc.D. 1997 | Chemistry | "for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy" | |
| 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" | |
| 2000 | MacDiarmid, AlanAlan MacDiarmid | Department of Chemistry, 1955– ; Blanchard Professor of Chemistry, 1988– | Chemistry | "for their discovery and development of conductive polymers" | |
| 2000 | Shirakawa, HidekiHideki Shirakawa | Department of Chemistry, Post-Doctoral Researcher, 1976 | Chemistry | "for their discovery and development of conductive polymers" | |
| 2002 | Davis, Jr., RaymondRaymond Davis, Jr. | Professor, 1985–2006 | Physics | "for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos" | |
| 2004 | Rose, IrwinIrwin Rose | Professor of Physical Biochemistry, 1971– | Chemistry | "for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation" | |
| 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." | |
| 2006 | Phelps, EdmundEdmund Phelps | Professor, 1966–1971 | Economics | "for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy." | |
| 2008 | zur Hausen, HaraldHarald zur Hausen | Assistant professor, 1968–1969 | Physiology or Medicine | "for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer" | |
| 2009 | E. Smith, GeorgeGeorge E. Smith | B.S., 1955 | Physics | "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor" | |
| 2009 | E. Williamson, OliverOliver E. Williamson | Professor, 1965–1983 | Economics | "for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm" | |
| 2010 | Negishi, Ei'ichiEi'ichi Negishi | Ph.D., 1963 | Chemistry | "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis" | |
| 2011 | Sargent, Thomas J.Thomas J. Sargent | Professor, 1970–1971 | Economics | "for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy" |
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