2002

Biographical

“He can’t even throw a baseball!” was the way my cousin Harvey greeted me soon after my birth on May 8, 1947. Looking forward to a fellow athlete, Harvey, age three, found me ill prepared for sports. I suspect the disappointment continued, as Harvey progressed to become one of the star little league players in…

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Award ceremony speech

Presentation Speech by Professor Urban Lendahl of the at Karolinska Institutet, December 10, 2002. Translation of the Swedish text. Professor Urban Lendahl delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, We have all begun our…

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Interview

Interview transcript Professor, thank you for seeing us today, we are very happy to meet you here in Lindau. John B. Fenn: It is my pleasure. What was it, maybe back in your childhood, that made you interested in science in specific? John B. Fenn: Well my father was an electrical engineer…

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Nobel Lecture

Jimmy Carter delivers his Nobel Lecture. © Pressens Bild AB 2002, S-112 88 Stockholm, Sweden, tel: +46 (0)8 738 38 00. Photo: EPA Scanpix Norway POOL/Bjoern Sigurdson Nobel Lecture, Oslo, December 10, 2002 Your Majesties, Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I…

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