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WashU has been affiliated with 26 Nobel Laureates, many of whom did a significant portion of their award-winning work on campus.
Physics
1927:
Arthur H. Compton
, Faculty of Arts and Sciences 1920-23 and 1945-62, Chancellor 1945-53
Chemistry
1970: Luis F. Leloir
, Faculty of Medicine 1944
1980: Paul Berg
, Faculty of Medicine 1954-59
2004: Aaron Ciechanover
, MD, DSc, Visiting Professor of Pediatrics 1987-
2012: Brian K. Kobilka
, MD, Medical Resident 1981-84
2014: W.E. Moerner, PhD
, Alexander S. Langsdorf Engineering Fellow and AB 1975
Economic Science
1993: *Douglass C. North
, Faculty of Arts & Sciences 1983-2012
2022: Philip H. Dybvig
, Faculty of Olin Business School 1990 –
Physiology or Medicine
1943: Edward A. Doisy
, Faculty of Medicine 1919-23
1944: *Joseph Erlanger
, Chairman, Department of Physiology 1910-46
1944: *Herbert Gasser
, Faculty of Medicine 1916-31
1947: *Carl F. Cori
, Faculty of Medicine 1931-84
1947: *Gerty T. Cori
, Faculty of Medicine 1931-57
1959: *Arthur Kornberg
, Chairman, Department of Microbiology 1952-59
1959: Severo Ochoa
, Faculty of Medicine 1940-42
1969: Alfred Hershey
, Faculty of Medicine 1934-50
1971: Earl Sutherland
, MD 1942, Resident in Internal Medicine 1943-45, Faculty of Medicine, 1945-53
1974: Christian de Duve
, Faculty of Medicine 1946-47
1978: Daniel Nathans
, MD 1954
1978: Hamilton O. Smith
, Washington University Medical Service 1956-57
1980: George D. Snell
, Faculty of Arts & Sciences 1933-34
1986: *Stanley Cohen
, Faculty of Arts & Sciences 1953-59
1986: *Rita Levi-Montalcini
, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, 1948-2012
1992: Edwin G. Krebs
, MD 1943, Resident in Internal Medicine and then a Research Fellow in Biological Chemistry 1945-48
1998: Robert F. Furchgott
, PhD, Faculty of Medicine, 1949-56
2020: *Charles M. Rice
, PhD, Faculty of Medicine, 1986-2001
Another Nobel Prize winner connected with WashU is T.S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot, winner of the prize for Literature in 1948. A native of St. Louis and grandson of the co-founder of Washington University in St. Louis, Eliot earned a diploma in 1905 from Smith Academy, the boys college preparatory division of Washington University. Eliot earned a bachelors degree from Harvard University in 1909 and a masters degree from Harvard in 1910.
More information on the Nobel Prize and past winners can be found at the website of the
Nobel Foundation
.
*Did significant portion of award-winning work at WashU
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History and Traditions
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Nobel Prize Winners
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Nobel Prize Winners
WashU has been affiliated with 26 Nobel Laureates, many of whom did a significant portion of their award-winning work on campus.
Physics
1927:
Arthur H. Compton
, Faculty of Arts and Sciences 1920-23 and 1945-62, Chancellor 1945-53
Chemistry
1970: Luis F. Leloir
, Faculty of Medicine 1944
1980: Paul Berg
, Faculty of Medicine 1954-59
2004: Aaron Ciechanover
, MD, DSc, Visiting Professor of Pediatrics 1987-
2012: Brian K. Kobilka
, MD, Medical Resident 1981-84
2014: W.E. Moerner, PhD
, Alexander S. Langsdorf Engineering Fellow and AB 1975
Economic Science
1993: *Douglass C. North
, Faculty of Arts & Sciences 1983-2012
2022: Philip H. Dybvig
, Faculty of Olin Business School 1990 –
Physiology or Medicine
1943: Edward A. Doisy
, Faculty of Medicine 1919-23
1944: *Joseph Erlanger
, Chairman, Department of Physiology 1910-46
1944: *Herbert Gasser
, Faculty of Medicine 1916-31
1947: *Carl F. Cori
, Faculty of Medicine 1931-84
1947: *Gerty T. Cori
, Faculty of Medicine 1931-57
1959: *Arthur Kornberg
, Chairman, Department of Microbiology 1952-59
1959: Severo Ochoa
, Faculty of Medicine 1940-42
1969: Alfred Hershey
, Faculty of Medicine 1934-50
1971: Earl Sutherland
, MD 1942, Resident in Internal Medicine 1943-45, Faculty of Medicine, 1945-53
1974: Christian de Duve
, Faculty of Medicine 1946-47
1978: Daniel Nathans
, MD 1954
1978: Hamilton O. Smith
, Washington University Medical Service 1956-57
1980: George D. Snell
, Faculty of Arts & Sciences 1933-34
1986: *Stanley Cohen
, Faculty of Arts & Sciences 1953-59
1986: *Rita Levi-Montalcini
, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, 1948-2012
1992: Edwin G. Krebs
, MD 1943, Resident in Internal Medicine and then a Research Fellow in Biological Chemistry 1945-48
1998: Robert F. Furchgott
, PhD, Faculty of Medicine, 1949-56
2020: *Charles M. Rice
, PhD, Faculty of Medicine, 1986-2001
Another Nobel Prize winner connected with WashU is T.S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot, winner of the prize for Literature in 1948. A native of St. Louis and grandson of the co-founder of Washington University in St. Louis, Eliot earned a diploma in 1905 from Smith Academy, the boys college preparatory division of Washington University. Eliot earned a bachelors degree from Harvard University in 1909 and a masters degree from Harvard in 1910.
More information on the Nobel Prize and past winners can be found at the website of the
Nobel Foundation
.
*Did significant portion of award-winning work at WashU