Nobel Prize
Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature, and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.
View Stanford Physics Department faculty recipients of the Nobel Prize.
Three Nobel Prize Winners in a row for the Department of Physics (four in a row for the Physics community at Stanford).
Professor Robert Laughlin's 1998 Nobel in Physics
Professor Steven Chu's 1997 Nobel in Physics
Professor Douglas Osheroff's 1996 Nobel in Physics
Other Physics Nobel Prizes for Stanford:
- Carl Wieman, 2001
- Martin Perl (at SLAC), 1995
- Richard Taylor (SLAC and Physics), 1990
- Arthur Schawlow, 1981
- Burton Richter (SLAC), 1976
- Robert Hofstadter, 1961
- Felix Bloch (Stanford's first Nobel, namesake of the original and new Bloch Lecture Hall, Hewlett room 201), 1952
Other Physics Nobel Laureates who were Stanford faculty (at the time of, after, or before receiving the Nobel):
- Willis E. Lamb Jr., 1955 (Professor 1951-1956)
- William Shockley, 1956 (EE Lecturer 1955-1963, Prof. of Engr. 1963-1975)
- Sheldon Glashow, 1979 (Assistant Professor, 1961-1962)
- Melvin Schwartz, 1988 (Professor 1966-1984)
- Henry W. Kendall, 1990 (Assistant Professor 1958-1961)
- Theodor W. Hänsch, 2005 (Asst.Prof. 1972-1975, Prof. 1975-1986)
Stanford Physics non-faculty affiliations to Nobel Laureates:
- Kenneth G. Wilson, 1982 (at SLAC, 1969-1970)
- Jerome I. Friedman, 1990 (Research Associate 1957-1960)
- Martinus J.G. Veltman, 1999 (at SLAC, 1963-1964)
- Eric A. Cornell, 2001 (Stanford B.S. 1985)
- Serge Haroche, 2012 (Post-Doc with Schawlow, 1972-1973)
The Stanford News Service has a good summary of current faculty, deceased, and Stanford-related Nobel Laureates.
Visit the Nobel site for even more information.
