Nobel Prize Centennial Symposium

21st Century Pioneers of Science

The year 2001 marks the centenary of the Nobel Prizes. To honor California's laureates, of which Caltech boasts 27, a series of statewide celebratory events has been planned. 

The Nobel Prize is one of the world's most prestigious awards. Since World War II, California has earned the distinction of having the largest number of Nobel laureates, a statistic which reflects the state's great universities and scientific institutions.

Nobel Laureates and Honored Speakers

• David Baltimore, President, Caltech (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1975)
• Rudolph A. Marcus, Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry, Caltech (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992)
• Edward B. Lewis, Thomas Hunt Morgan Professor of Biology, Caltech (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1995)
• George A. Olah, Distinguished Professor and Director of Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute Chemistry , University of Southern California (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994)
• Ahmed Zewail, Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Physics and Professor of Physics, Caltech (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999)

Presentations for the afternoon will include:

The Neurobiology of Intention
Richard A. Andersen, James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology, Caltech

Imaging the Embryonic Universe
Andrew E. Lange, Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Physics, Caltech

The Impact of Total Synthesis on Biology & Medicine
K.C. Nicolaou, Chairman of the Department of Chemistry, Darlene Shiley Professor of Chemistry, and Aline W. & L.S. Skaggs Professor of Chemical Biology in The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, and Professor of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego