Nobel Prize Winners of the 8th District of Massachusetts

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Nobel Prize Winners

The following table displays Nobel Prize winners with a connection to the 8th congressional district of Massachusetts, arranged by year.

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Year	Field		Name	Local Connection
2012	Economics	shared	Alvin E. Roth	Harvard University and Harvard Business School faculty
2011	Physics		Saul Perlmutter	Harvard, AB
2011	Physics		Adam G. Riess	MIT; Harvard Ph.D
2011	Physics		Brian Schmidt	Harvard, PhD
2011	Medicine	shared	Ralph M. Steinman	Harvard Medical School
2011	Peace	shared	Ellen Johnson Sirleaf	MPA, JFK School, Harvard
2011	Economics		Thomas J. Sargent	Harvard, PhD
2011	Economics		Christopher A. Sims	Harvard, AB, PhD
2010	Economics	shared	Peter A. Diamond	MIT-Ph.D and serves as an Institute Professor
2009	Chemistry	shared	Thomas A. Steitz	Harvard-Ph.D in biochemistry and molecular biology
2009	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Jack W. Szostak	Harvard
2009	Physiology/Medicine		Elizabeth H. Blackburn	Honorary Doctorate of Science from Harvard
2009	Peace		Barack H. Obama	Harvard- J.D.
2009	Economics	shared	Oliver E. Williamson	MIT-undergraduate degree in management
2008	Chemistry	shared	Roger Y. Tsien	Harvard-undergrad degree in chemistry and physics
2008	Chemistry	shared	Martin Chalfie	Harvard-undergrad degree in biochemistry
2008	Economics		Paul Krugman	MIT-Ph.D
2007	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Mario R. Capecchi	Harvard-Ph.D in biophysics, assistant and associate professor at Harvard Medical School 1969-1973
2007	Peace	shared	Al Gore	Harvard-undergraduate degree in government
2007	Economics	shared	Roger B. Myerson	Harvard-undergrad degree in applied mathematics
2007	Economics	shared	Eric S. Maskin	taught at MIT from 1977-1984) (taught at Harvard from 1985-2000
2006	Physics	shared	George F. Smoot	MIT-Undergrad degree in math and physics and Ph.D in particle physics
2006	Chemistry		Roger D. Kornberg	Harvard-Undergrad degree in chemistry
2006	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Craig C. Mello	Harvard-Ph.D
2006	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Andrew Z. Fire	MIT-Ph.D in biology
2005	Chemistry	shared	Richard R. Schrock	MIT Professor of Chemistry
2005	Economics	shared	Thomas C. Schelling	Harvard Professor Emeritus of Economics
2005	Physics	shared	Roy J. Glauber	Harvard Professor of Physics
2004	Chemistry	shared	Aaron Ciechanover	MIT Post Doctoral researcher 1981-84
2004	Physics	shared	H. David Politzer	Harvard PhD 1974
2004	Physics	shared	Frank Wiczek	MIT Professor of Physics
2004	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Linda B. Buck	Professor at Harvard Medical School from 1991-2002
2003	Chemistry	shared	Robert McKinnon	Undergraduate Student at UMass-Boston for a year and studied at Tufts School of Medicine and at Beth Israel Hospital
2003	Economics	shared	Robert Engle	MIT Professor of Economics 1969-77
2002	Chemistry	shared	William S. Knowles	Undergraduate Degree from Harvard University with a major in Chemistry
2002	Physics	shared	Robert Giacconi	Harvard Professor of Astronomy 1973-1982
2002	Physiology/Medicine	shared	H. Robert Horowitz	MIT Professor of Biology, MIT B.Sc. 1968
2001	Chemistry	shared	K. Barry Sharpless	MIT Professor of Chemistry 1970-77, 1980-90
2001	Economics	shared	George A. Akerlof	MIT PhD 1966
2001	Economics	shared	A. Michael Spence	Harvard PhD 1972, Professor and Dean of Faculty for College of Arts and Sciences from 1984-1990
2001	Economics	shared	Joseph E. Stiglitz	MIT Phd 1966
2001	Peace	shared	Kofi Annan	MIT M.Sc. 1972
2001	Physics	shared	Carl E. Wieman	MIT B.Sc. 1973
2001	Physics	shared	Wolfgang Ketterle	MIT Professor of Physics
2001	Physics	shared	Eric A. Cornell	MIT PhD 1990
2001	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Leland H. Hartwell	MIT PhD 1964
2000	Economics	shared	Daniel L. McFadden	MIT Professor of Economics 1978-91
2000	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Eric R. Kandel	Resident in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School 1960-64, staff psychiatrist 1964-65
1999	Economics		Robert A. Mundell	MIT PhD 1956
1998	Economics	shared	Amartya Sen	Harvard and Boston University Professor of Economics
1998	Physics	shared	Robert B. Laughlin	MIT PhD 1976 and researcher at MIT Magnate Lab
1998	Physics	shared	Horst L Stormer	Researcher at MIT magnet Lab
1998	Physics	shared	Daniel C. Tsui	Researcher at MIT magnet Lab
1997	Economics	shared	Robert C. Merton	Harvard Professor of Business Administration and MIT Professor of Management 1970-88, MIT PhD 1970
1997	Economics	shared	Myron S. Scholes	MIT Professor of Management 1968-1973
1997	Physics	shared	William D. Phillips	MIT PhD 1976
1996	Chemistry	shared	Robert F. Curl	Held a post-doctoral position at Harvard for several years
1996	Physics	shared	David M. Lee	Harvard Undergraduate degree in Physics
1995	Chemistry	shared	Mario J. Molina	MIT Institute Professor, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences / Chemistry 1989-04
1995	Literature		Seamus Heaney	Harvard Ralph Waldo Emerson poet in Residence
1994	Economics	shared	John Forbes Nash Jr.	MIT Professor of Mathematics 1951-59
1994	Physics	shared	Clifford G. Shull	MIT Professor Emeritus (deceased)
1993	Economics	shared	Douglass C. North	Was born in and spent elementary years in Cambridge
1993	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Richard J. Roberts	Taught at various times at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School
1993	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Phillip A. Sharp	MIT Institute Professor, Biology
1992	Literature		Derek Wolcott	Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at Boston University
1990	Chemistry		Elias J. Corey Jr.	Harvard Professor of Organic Chemistry and MIT B.Sc. 1948, PhD 1951, Professor of Physics (deceased)
1990	Chemistry	shared	Thomas R. Cech	MIT post doctoral researcher 1975-76
1990	Economics	shared	Merton H. Miller	Born in Boston and attended Harvard University for Undergraduate and Law degrees
1990	Economics	shared	William F. Sharpe	Born in Boston
1990	Physics	shared	Jerome I. Friedman	MIT Institute Professor Physics
1990	Physics	shared	Harry W. Kendall	MIT B.Sc. 1948, PhD 1951, Professor of Physics (deceased)
1990	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Joseph E. Murray	Attended Harvard Medical School, Works or worked at Brigham's and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Professor
1990	Physiology/Medicine	shared	E. Donnall Thomas	MIT postdoctoral researcher 1950
1989	Chemistry	shared	Sidney Altman	MIT B.Sc. 1960
1989	Physics		Norman F. Ramsey	Harvard Professor of Physics and leader, fundamental development group, MIT Radiation laboratory 1940-42
1989	Physiology/Medicine	shared	J. Michael Bishop	Attended Harvard Medical School, Worked at Mass General Hospital
1989	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Harold E. Varmus	Attended Harvard University for graduate studies on the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Program
1988	Physics	shared	Jack Steinberger	MIT Radiation Laboratory 1943-45
1988	Physiology/Medicine	shared	George H. Hitchings	Attended Harvard University for graduate studies, professor at Both Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School
1987	Chemistry	shared	Charles J. Pedersen	MIT M.Sc. 1927 (deceased)
1987	Economics		Robert M. Solow	MIT Institute Professor, Economics
1987	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Susumu Tonegawa	MIT Professor of Biology
1986	Chemistry	shared	Dudley R. Herschbach	Harvard Professor of Chemistry
1986	Peace		Elie Wiesel	Has been a professor of humanities at Boston University since 1976
1985	Economics		Franco Modigliani	MIT Institute Professor Emeritus, Management, Economics (deceased)
1985	Peace	shared	Eric S. Chivian	one of 7 founders of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, retired MIT Psychiatrist, Medical Department
1985	Peace	shared	Bernard Lown	one of 7 founders of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Harvard Professor
1985	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Michael S. Brown	Spent several years as both an intern and resident at Mass. General Hospital
1985	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Joseph L. Goldstein	Intern and Resident in Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital (1966-68).
1984	Physics	shared	Carlo Rubbia	Harvard Professor
1982	Physics		Kennth G. Wilson	Spent Middle School years at private school in Cambridge and Harvard Undergraduate degree in Mathematics
1981	Chemistry	shared	Ronald Hoffman	Received PhD from Harvard in 1962
	Physics		David Hubel
1981	Economics		James Tobin	Undergraduate Degree from Harvard also did some graduate studies there as well
1981	Physics	shared	Nicolaas Bloembergen	Harvard Professor and grad student
1981	Physiology/Medicine	shared	David Hubel	Harvard Professor of Biology and Microbiology, won with
1981	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Torsten Wiesel	Harvard Professor of Neurobiology
1981	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Roger W. Sperry	Performed Post Doctoral Research and was a Biology Research Fellow At Harvard University
1980	Chemistry	shared	Walter Gilbert	Harvard Professor
1980	Economics		Lawrence R. Klein	MIT PhD 1944
1980	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Baruj Benacerraf	Harvard Professor of Comparative Pathology
1979	Physics	shared	Sheldon Glashow	Harvard and Boston University Professor of Physics
1979	Physics	shared	Steven Weinberg	Professor at MIT 1967-73 and Professor at Harvard
1979	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Allan M. Cormack	Professor at Tufts University late 1950's-late 1970's, chairman of Physics dept. from 68-76
1977	Physics	shared	John H. Van Vleck	Harvard Professor (deceased)
1976	Chemistry		William Lipscomb	Harvard Professor of Chemistry (deceased)
1976	Literature		Saul Bellow	Professor Emeritus of English at Boston University (deceased)
1976	Physics	shared	Samuel C.C. Ting	MIT Professor of Physics
1976	Physics	shared	Burton Richter	MIT B.Sc. 1952, PhD 1956
1976	Physiology/Medicine	shared	D. Carleton Gajdusek	Attended Harvard Medical School and worked at Boston Children's Hospital
1975	Physics	shared	Ben R. Mottleson	Harvard University Graduate studies and PhD
1975	Physiology/Medicine	shared	David Baltimore	MIT post doctoral research, MIT Professor of Biology 1968-90, 1994-97
1973	Chemistry	shared	Geoffrey Wilkinson	MIT research associate, 1950 (deceased)
1973	Economics		Wesley Leontief	Harvard Professor of Economics
1973	Peace		Henry Kissinger	Attended Harvard University for Undergraduate Degree
1972	Chemistry	shared	Christian Anfinsen	Received PhD from Harvard in 1943, also was an instructor and Assistant. Professor at Harvard Medical School
1972	Chemistry	shared	William H. Stein	Received an undergraduate degree from Harvard in 1933, with a major in Chemistry
1972	Economics	shared	Kenneth J. Arrow	Harvard Professor
1972	Physics	shared	John Bardeen	Was a Junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows at Harvard University while doing Graduate work at Princeton University
1972	Physics	shared	John Robert Schrieffer	MIT B.Sc. 1953
1972	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Gerald M. Edelman	Was a Medical House Officer at Massachusetts General Hospital
1971	Economics		Simon Kuznets	Harvard Professor (deceased)
1970	Economics		Paul A. Samuelson	MIT Institute Professor Emeritus, Economics
1969	Physics		Murray Gell-Mann	MIT PhD 1951
1969	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Salvador E. Luria	MIT Professor of Biology (deceased)
1968	Physics		Luis W. Alvarez	head of special systems, MIT Radiation Laboratory WW II (deceased)
1968	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Har Gobind Khorana	MIT Professor of Biology and Chemistry
1967	Physics		Hans A Bethe	MIT Radiation Laboratory WW II
1967	Physiology/Medicine	shared	George Wald	Harvard Professor (deceased)
1966	Chemistry		Robert S. Mulliken	MIT B.Sc. 1917 (deceased)
1966	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Charles B. Huggins	Earned MD from Harvard University in 1924
1965	Chemistry		Robert Burns Woodward	Harvard Professor and MIT B.Sc. 1936 (deceased)
1965	Physics	shared	Richard P. Feynman	MIT, B.Sc., (deceased)
1965	Physics	shared	Jullian Schwinger	Harvard Professor, MIT Radiation Lab WW II, (deceased)
1964	Peace		Martin Luther King	Completed his residence for the doctorate in 1953 and receiving the degree in 1955 at Boston University
1964	Physics	shared	Robert H. Townes	MIT Provost 1961-66
1964	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Konrad E. Bloch	Harvard Professor (deceased)
1962	Physiology/Medicine	shared	James D. Watson	Harvard Professor
1961	Physiology/Medicine		Georg Von Bekesy	Harvard Professor (deceased)
1959	Physics	shared	Owen Chamberlain	Served as Loeb Lecturer at Harvard for year of 1959
1958	Physiology/Medicine	shared	George Beadle	Was an assistant professor of genetics at Harvard University in late 1930's
1956	Physics	shared	John Bardeen	Served as Junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows at Harvard University from 1935-1938
1956	Physics	shared	William Shockley	MIT PhD 1936 (deceased)
1955	Physics	shared	Willis E. Lamb	Served as Loeb Lecturer at Harvard for 1953-54
1954	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Thomas H. Weller	Harvard Professor of Tropical Public Health
1954	Physiology/Medicine	shared	John F. Enders	Harvard Professor (deceased)
1954	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Frederick C. Robbins	Attended Harvard Med School and was Harvard Professor
1953	Peace		George C. Marshall	At Harvard Commencement in 1947, General Marshall urged generous aid for post-war Europe, a policy history calls "The Marshall Plan"
1953	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Fritz A. Lipmann	Harvard Professor (deceased)
1952	Physics	shared	Edward M. Purcell	Harvard Professor and MIT Radiation Laboratory WW II (deceased)
1951	Chemistry	shared	Edwin M. McMillan	Staff MIT Radiation Laboratory 1940-41 (deceased)
1951	Physiology/Medicine		Max Theller	Employed as and assistant and then as an instructor at Harvard Medical school (1922-1930)
1950	Peace		Ralph J. Bunche	Masters Degree from Harvard and Harvard Professor (deceased)
1948	Literature		T.S. Eliot	Attended Harvard University for BA and MA Degrees
1947	Peace		Henry J. Cadbury	Chairman of American Friends Service Committee and Harvard Professor
1946	Chemistry	shared	James B. Sumner	Attended High School at Roxbury Latin, and majored in Chemistry at Harvard
1946	Peace		Emily Grenne Balch	Was born in and spent childhood and teenage years in Boston
1946	Physics		Percy W. Bridgeman	Received three degrees from Harvard and was Harvard Professor
1944	Physics		Isidor Isaac Rabi	MIT Radiation Laboratory 1940-45 (deceased)
1944	Physiology/Medicine	shared	Edward A, Doisy	Received PhD Degree from Harvard University in 1920
1936	Literature		Eugene O'Neill	Attended classes at Harvard University
1934	Physiology/Medicine	shared	William P. Murphy	Harvard Professor
1934	Physiology/Medicine	shared	George Minot	Harvard Professor
1914	Chemistry		T.W. Richards	Graduate Student at Harvard University and also Harvard University Professor
1906	Peace		Theodore Roosevelt	Attended Harvard University for Undergraduate Degree

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