The following are recipients of the Nobel Prize who are affiliated with Northwestern. Year indicated is the year that person received the Nobel Prize.
Persons who either taught or studied at Northwestern
Fraser Stoddart, 2016, faculty member at time of award
Aaron Ciechanover, 2004, adjunct faculty member at time of award
John Pople, 1998, faculty member at time of award
Ilya Prigogine, 1977, former visiting professor
Bengt Holmström, 2016, former faculty member
Dale Mortensen, 2010, faculty member at time of award
Leonid Hurwicz, 2007, former visiting faculty member
Roger Myerson, 2007, former faculty member
Edward Prescott, 2004, former visiting faculty member
Robert E. Lucas Jr., 1995, former visiting faculty member
Franco Modigliani, 1985, former faculty member
George Stigler ’32 MBA, ’79 H, 1982
Saul Bellow ’37, ’62 H, 1976
Robert Furchgott ’40 PhD, ’98 H, 1998
Ferid Murad, 1998, former adjunct faculty member
John Eccles, 1963, later a faculty member
Ralph Bunche, 1950, postdoctoral researcher
Persons who received an honorary degree from Northwestern
Melvin Calvin ’61 H, 1961
Glenn T. Seaborg ’54 H, 1951
Marie Curie ’21 H, 1911
Tjalling Koopmans ’75 H, 1975
Godfrey N. Hounsfield ’79 H, 1979
George W. Beadle ’52 H, 1958
Edward L. Tatum ’71 H, 1958
John F. Enders ’56 H, 1954
Barack H. Obama ’06 H, 2009
Menachem Begin ’78 H, 1978
Charles G. Dawes ’44 H, 1925
Theodore Roosevelt 1893 H, 1906
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ’63 H, 1983
Robert A. Millikan 1913 H, 1923
Guglielmo Marconi ’33 H, 1909
Marie Curie ’21 H, 1903
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