1969

Award ceremony speech

Presentation Speech by Mrs. Aase Lionaes, Chairman of the , Norwegian Storting When Alfred Nobel died on December 10, 1896, his will and testament revealed that he had instituted five Nobel Prizes: one for physics, one for chemistry, one for literature, one for medicine, and a peace prize. While Swedish institutions were entrusted with the…

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Banquet speech

Banquet speech by Mr. Max Huber, one of the two official representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, on the Nobel Dinner, Oslo, December 10, 1945  

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Biographical

Alfred Day Hershey was born on December 4th, 1908, in Owosso, Michigan. He studied at the Michigan State College, where he obtained B.S. in 1930, and Ph.D. in 1934. In 1967 he got an honorary D.Sc. at the University of Chicago. From 1934 till 1950 he was engaged in teaching and research, at the Department…

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Biographical

Salvador Edward Luria was born on August 13th, 1912, in Torino, Italy. He has been a naturalized citizen of the U.S.A. since January 1947. In 1929 he started his studies in Medicine at the University of Torino, where he obtained his M. D. summa cum laude in 1935. From 1938 to 1940 he was Research…

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