The following table displays Nobel Prize winners with a connection to the 8th congressional district of Massachusetts, arranged by year.
Year |
Field |
|
Name |
Local Connection |
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 |