Nobel Laureates

Ernest Orlando Lawrence, founder of the Berkeley Lab, for "the invention and development of the cyclotron, and for the results thereby attained, especially with regard to artificial radioelements."

Glenn T. Seaborg, with Edwin M. McMillan for "their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranic elements."

Edwin M. McMillan, former Director of the Berkeley Lab, with Glenn T. Seaborg for "their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranic elements."

Owen Chamberlain, with Emilio Segre, for "their discovery of the antiproton."

Emilio G. Segrè, Physics Division, with Owen Chamberlain, for "their discovery of the antiproton."

Donald A. Glaser, Physics Division, for "the invention of the bubble chamber."

Melvin Calvin, for "his establishment of a sequence of chemical reactions involved when a plant assimilates carbon dioxide."

Luis W. Alvarez, "for decisive contributions to elementary particle physics ... through the development of the technique of using the hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis."

Yuan T. Lee, "for contributions to the development of a new field of research chemistry -- reaction dynamics."

Steven Chu, director of Berkeley Lab, for "development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light."

George F. Smoot III, with John C. Mather of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation."