Physiology or Medicine

Interview

Interview transcript Arthur Kornberg, welcome back to Stockholm again, another family get-together in Stockholm. You were here with your son when you received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 and now you’re back to see him receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year, the sixth father/son team to…

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Curriculum Vitae

Date and Place of Birth March 3, 1918, Brooklyn, New York   Education   1937 B.S., City College of New York 1941 M.D., University of Rochester   Professional Background 1941-1942 Intern, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester 1942-1953 Commissioned Officer, U.S. Public Health Service 1947-1953 Chief of Enzyme and Metabolism Section of National Institute of…

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Banquet speech

Edward Tatum’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1958 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is my honor to speak for Professor Beadle and myself. It is fitting that we should speak as one, for in the investigations judged important by the Nobel Committee we worked as…

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Banquet speech

Joshua Lederberg’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1958 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. Pride is humbled as humility is exalted in the dignity and splendor of this occasion. Who would deny his pride in the appreciation of his fellows and to join therein with George W.…

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