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Universities count their Nobel Prizes in various ways, normally whatever gives them the most or the highest ranking among universities. By most accounts, Columbia has the third most number of Nobel Prizes (74), after the [[University of Cambridge]] (80+) and the [[University of Chicago]] (79).
 
Universities count their Nobel Prizes in various ways, normally whatever gives them the most or the highest ranking among universities. By most accounts, Columbia has the third most number of Nobel Prizes (74), after the [[University of Cambridge]] (80+) and the [[University of Chicago]] (79).
  
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==Columbia-affiliated Nobel Prizes==
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===Alumni===
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*[[Nicholas Murray Butler]] - CC, PhD, Faculty, University President - Peace, [[1931]]
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====[[Chemistry]]====
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*[[Irving Langmuir]] - BA, MA - Chemistry, [[1932]]
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*[[Milton Friedman]] - PhD and Faculty - Economics, [[1976]]
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*[[Orhan Pamuk]] - Faculty and Committee on Global Thought - Literature, [[2006]]
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    <td width="80"> [[1932]] </td>
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*[[Edmund Phelps]] - Faculty - Economics, [[2006]]
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    <td width="180"> [[Irving Langmuir]] </td>
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    <td> (B.S., 1903; M.A., 1906) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1946]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[John H. Northrop]] </td>
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    <td> (B.S., 1912; M.A., 1913; Ph.D., 1915) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1972]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[William H. Stein]] </td>
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    <td> (Ph.D., 1938) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1981]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Roald Hoffmann]] </td>
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    <td> (B.A., 1958) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1985]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Herbert A. Hauptman]] </td>
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    <td> (M.A., 1939) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1989]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Sidney Altman]] </td>
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    <td> (graduate student, teaching assistant, 1960 to 1962) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[2001]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[William S. Knowles]] </td>
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    <td> (Ph.D., 1942) </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[2005]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Robert H. Grubbs]] </td>
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    <td> (Ph.D., 1968) </td>
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  </tr>
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</table>
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====[[Economics|Economic science]]====
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    <td width="80"> [[1971]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Simon S. Kuznets]]</td>
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    <td> (B.S., 1923; M.A., 1924; Ph.D., 1926) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1972]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Kenneth J. Arrow]] </td>
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    <td> (M.A., 1941; Ph.D., 1951) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1976]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Milton Friedman]] </td>
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    <td> (Researcher, 1943 to 1945; Ph.D., 1946; faculty member, 1937 to 1940 and 1964 to 1965) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1993]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Robert Fogel|Robert W. Fogel]] </td>
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    <td> (M.A., 1960) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1996]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[William Vickrey|William S. Vickrey]] </td>
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    <td> (M.A., 1937; Ph.D., 1948; faculty member, 1946 to 1996) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1997]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Robert C. Merton]] </td>
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    <td> (B.S., 1966) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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</table>
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====[[Peace]]====
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  <tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1906]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Theodore Roosevelt]] </td>
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    <td> (Law student, 1880 to 1882)</td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1931]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Nicholas Murray Butler]]&nbsp;&nbsp; </td>
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    <td> (B.A., 1882; M.A., 1883; Ph.D., 1884, president of Columbia, 1902 to
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      1945) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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</table>
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====[[Physics]]====
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    <td width="80"> [[1923]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Robert A. Millikan]] </td>
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    <td> (Ph.D., 1895) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1944]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[I.I. Rabi]] </td>
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    <td> (Ph.D., 1927; faculty member, 1929 to 1988) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1965]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Julian S. Schwinger]] </td>
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    <td> (B.A., 1936; Ph.D., 1939) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1972]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Leon N. Cooper]] </td>
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    <td> (B.A., 1951; M.A., 1953; Ph.D., 1954) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1975]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[James Rainwater]] </td>
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    <td> (M.A., 1941; Ph.D., 1946; faculty member, 1939 to 1986) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1978]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Arno A. Penzias]] </td>
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    <td> (M.A., 1958; Ph.D., 1962) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1980]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Val L. Fitch]] </td>
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    <td> (Ph.D., 1954; faculty member, 1953 to 1954) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1988]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Leon M. Lederman]] </td>
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    <td> (M.A., 1948; Ph.D., 1951; faculty member, 1951 to 1989) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1988]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Melvin Schwartz]] </td>
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    <td> (B.A., 1953; Ph.D., 1958; faculty member, 1958 to 1966, 1991 to 2006)
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    </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1989]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Norman F. Ramsey]] </td>
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    <td> (B.A., 1935; Ph.D., 1940; faculty member, 1941 to 1947) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1995]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Martin L. Perl]] </td>
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    <td> (Ph.D., 1955) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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</table>
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====[[Physiology]] or [[medicine]]====
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    <td width="80"> [[1946]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Hermann J. Muller]]</td>
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    <td> (B.A., 1910; M.A., 1911; Ph.D., 1916; faculty member, 1918 to 1920) &nbsp;
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    </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1950]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Edward C. Kendall]]</td>
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    <td> (B.S., 1908; M.A., 1909; Ph.D., 1910) &nbsp; </td>
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    <td width="80"> [[1956]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Dickinson W. Richards]]</td>
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    <td> (M.A., 1922; M.D., 1923; faculty member, 1925 to 1973) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1958]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Joshua Lederberg]]</td>
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    <td> (B.A., 1944; medical student, 1944-1946; faculty member, 1990 to 1999) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1964]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Konrad E. Bloch]]</td>
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    <td> (Ph.D., 1938; faculty member, 1938 to 1946, 1966) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1967]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[George Wald]]</td>
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    <td> (M.A., 1928) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1973]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Konrad Lorenz]]</td>
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    <td> (Columbia College, 1922 to 1923) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1976]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Baruch S. Blumberg]]</td>
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    <td> (Grad student in Mathematics, 1946 to 1947; M.D., 1951; resident, 1951-1953; fellow 1953-1955) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1980]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Baruj Benacerraf]]</td>
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    <td> (B.S., 1942; research scientist, 1948 to 1950) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1989]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Harold E. Varmus]]</td>
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    <td> (M.D., 1966; Presbyterian Hospital staff, 1966 to 1968, University Trustee, 2002 to 2005) &nbsp; </td>
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  </tr>
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    <td width="80"> [[1998]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Louis J. Ignarro]]</td>
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    <td> (B.S., 1962) &nbsp; </td>
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    <td width="80"> [[2004]] </td>
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    <td width="180"> [[Richard Axel]]</td>
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    <td> (A.B., 1967; resident, fellow and research scientist, 1971 to 1978; faculty member, 1978 to present) </td>
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  </tr>
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</table>
  
 
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[[Category:Awards]]

Revision as of 15:00, 31 July 2007

See also Wikipedia's article about "Nobel Prize".

The Nobel Prize is a highly prestigious academic award. It was founded by Alfred Nobel who decided to give back to the world after his dynamite creations were used to kill lots of people.

Today, many Nobel Prizes are claimed by the faculty and alumni of Columbia.

Universities count their Nobel Prizes in various ways, normally whatever gives them the most or the highest ranking among universities. By most accounts, Columbia has the third most number of Nobel Prizes (74), after the University of Cambridge (80+) and the University of Chicago (79).

Alumni

Chemistry

1932 Irving Langmuir (B.S., 1903; M.A., 1906)  
1946 John H. Northrop (B.S., 1912; M.A., 1913; Ph.D., 1915)  
1972 William H. Stein (Ph.D., 1938)  
1981 Roald Hoffmann (B.A., 1958)  
1985 Herbert A. Hauptman (M.A., 1939)  
1989 Sidney Altman (graduate student, teaching assistant, 1960 to 1962)  
2001 William S. Knowles (Ph.D., 1942)
2005 Robert H. Grubbs (Ph.D., 1968)

Economic science

1971 Simon S. Kuznets (B.S., 1923; M.A., 1924; Ph.D., 1926)  
1972 Kenneth J. Arrow (M.A., 1941; Ph.D., 1951)  
1976 Milton Friedman (Researcher, 1943 to 1945; Ph.D., 1946; faculty member, 1937 to 1940 and 1964 to 1965)  
1993 Robert W. Fogel (M.A., 1960)  
1996 William S. Vickrey (M.A., 1937; Ph.D., 1948; faculty member, 1946 to 1996)  
1997 Robert C. Merton (B.S., 1966)  

Peace

1906 Theodore Roosevelt (Law student, 1880 to 1882)
1931 Nicholas Murray Butler   (B.A., 1882; M.A., 1883; Ph.D., 1884, president of Columbia, 1902 to 1945)  

Physics

1923 Robert A. Millikan (Ph.D., 1895)  
1944 I.I. Rabi (Ph.D., 1927; faculty member, 1929 to 1988)  
1965 Julian S. Schwinger (B.A., 1936; Ph.D., 1939)  
1972 Leon N. Cooper (B.A., 1951; M.A., 1953; Ph.D., 1954)  
1975 James Rainwater (M.A., 1941; Ph.D., 1946; faculty member, 1939 to 1986)  
1978 Arno A. Penzias (M.A., 1958; Ph.D., 1962)  
1980 Val L. Fitch (Ph.D., 1954; faculty member, 1953 to 1954)  
1988 Leon M. Lederman (M.A., 1948; Ph.D., 1951; faculty member, 1951 to 1989)  
1988 Melvin Schwartz (B.A., 1953; Ph.D., 1958; faculty member, 1958 to 1966, 1991 to 2006)
1989 Norman F. Ramsey (B.A., 1935; Ph.D., 1940; faculty member, 1941 to 1947)  
1995 Martin L. Perl (Ph.D., 1955)  

Physiology or medicine

1946 Hermann J. Muller (B.A., 1910; M.A., 1911; Ph.D., 1916; faculty member, 1918 to 1920)  
1950 Edward C. Kendall (B.S., 1908; M.A., 1909; Ph.D., 1910)  
1956 Dickinson W. Richards (M.A., 1922; M.D., 1923; faculty member, 1925 to 1973)  
1958 Joshua Lederberg (B.A., 1944; medical student, 1944-1946; faculty member, 1990 to 1999)  
1964 Konrad E. Bloch (Ph.D., 1938; faculty member, 1938 to 1946, 1966)  
1967 George Wald (M.A., 1928)  
1973 Konrad Lorenz (Columbia College, 1922 to 1923)  
1976 Baruch S. Blumberg (Grad student in Mathematics, 1946 to 1947; M.D., 1951; resident, 1951-1953; fellow 1953-1955)  
1980 Baruj Benacerraf (B.S., 1942; research scientist, 1948 to 1950)  
1989 Harold E. Varmus (M.D., 1966; Presbyterian Hospital staff, 1966 to 1968, University Trustee, 2002 to 2005)  
1998 Louis J. Ignarro (B.S., 1962)  
2004 Richard Axel (A.B., 1967; resident, fellow and research scientist, 1971 to 1978; faculty member, 1978 to present)
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