1990 - Chemistry
Elias James Corey - Male - 62 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis
Affiliation: Harvard University - USA
Nobel Prize Winners of 1990
In 1990, 11 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.
1990 - Economic Sciences
Harry M. Markowitz - Male - 63 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics
Affiliation: City University of New York - USA
Merton H. Miller - Male - 67 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics
Affiliation: University of Chicago - USA
William F. Sharpe - Male - 56 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics
Affiliation: Stanford University - USA
1990 - Literature
Octavio Paz - Male - 76 years
Birth country: Mexico
Motivation: for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity
1990 - Medicine
Joseph E. Murray - Male - 71 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease
Affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital - USA
E. Donnall Thomas - Male - 70 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease
Affiliation: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center - USA
1990 - Peace
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev - Male - 59 years
Birth country: Russia
Motivation: for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations
1990 - Physics
Jerome I. Friedman - Male - 60 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics
Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - USA
Henry W. Kendall - Male - 63 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics
Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - USA
Richard E. Taylor - Male - 60 years
Birth country: Canada
Motivation: for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics
Affiliation: Stanford University - USA
