Nobel Prize Winners of 1985

In 1985, 8 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 6 categories: Chemistry, Economic Sciences, Literature, Medicine, Peace, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.

1985 - Chemistry

Herbert A. Hauptman - Male - 68 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures

Affiliation: The Medical Foundation of Buffalo - USA

Jerome Karle - Male - 67 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures

Affiliation: US Naval Research Laboratory - USA

1985 - Economic Sciences

Franco Modigliani - Male - 67 years

Birth country: Italy

Motivation: for his pioneering analyses of saving and of financial markets

Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - USA

1985 - Literature

Claude Simon - Male - 72 years

Birth country: Madagascar

Motivation: who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition

1985 - Medicine

Michael S. Brown - Male - 44 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism

Affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas - USA

Joseph L. Goldstein - Male - 45 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism

Affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas - USA

1985 - Peace

Organization: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)

Country of Origin: USA

Motivation: for spreading authoritative information and by creating awareness of the catastrophic consequences of nuclear war

1985 - Physics

Klaus von Klitzing - Male - 42 years

Birth country: Poland

Motivation: for the discovery of the quantized Hall effect

Affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung - Germany

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