Nobel Laureates–31 winners (17 alumni), 32 prizes Name Field Year Status         Robert A. Millikan Physics 1923 Faculty Thomas Hunt Morgan Physiology or Medicine 1933 Faculty Carl D. Anderson, BS '27, PhD '30 Physics 1936 Faculty Edwin M. McMillan, BS '28, MS '29 Chemistry 1951   Linus Pauling, PhD '25 Chemistry 1954 Faculty William Shockley, BS '32 Physics 1956   George W. Beadle Physiology or Medicine 1958 Faculty Donald A. Glaser, PhD '50 Physics 1960   Rudolf Mossbauer Physics 1961 Faculty Linus Pauling, PhD ’25 Peace 1962 Faculty Charles H. Townes, PhD '39 Physics 1964   Richard Feynman Physics 1965 Faculty Murray Gell-Mann Physics 1969 Faculty Max Delbrück Physiology or Medicine 1969 Faculty *David Baltimore Physiology or Medicine 1975 Faculty Renato Dulbecco Physiology or Medicine 1975 Former faculty Leo James Rainwater, BS '39 Physics 1975   Howard M. Temin, PhD '60 Physiology or Medicine 1975   William N. Lipscomb, PhD '46 Chemistry 1976   Robert W. Wilson, PhD '62 Physics 1978   Roger W. Sperry Physiology or Medicine 1981 Faculty Kenneth G. Wilson, PhD '61 Physics 1982   William A. Fowler, PhD '36 Physics 1983 Faculty *Rudolph A. Marcus Chemistry 1992 Faculty Edward B. Lewis, PhD '42 Physiology or Medicine 1995 Faculty Douglas D. Osheroff, BS '67 Physics 1996   Robert C. Merton, MS '67 Economics 1997   *Ahmed H. Zewail Chemistry 1999 Faculty Leland H. Hartwell, BS '61 Physiology or Medicine 2001   Vernon L. Smith, BS '49 Economics 2002   *Hugh David Politzer Physics 2004 Faculty *Robert Grubbs Chemistry 2005 Faculty *In residence Brief bios of Caltech Nobel laureates are available at http://pr.caltech.edu/events/caltech_nobel/   Crafoord Laureates–3 faculty members, 3 alumni Name Field Year Status         *Gerald J. Wasserburg Geosciences 1986 Faculty Allan R. Sandage, PhD '53 Astronomy 1991   *Seymour Benzer Biosciences 1993 Faculty *Don L. Anderson, MS '58, PhD '62 Geosciences 1998 Faculty James E. Gunn, PhD '66 Astronomy 2005   Walterh H. Munk, BS '39, MS '40 Geosciences 2010   *In residence