Nobel Laureates

Edward C. Prescott
Edward C. Prescott, a 1964 master's of science graduate in operations research from Case Western Reserve University, shares the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economic Science with Finn E. Kydland from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of California at Santa Barbara for their theory on business cycles and economic policies.

(in reverse chronological order)

  • Edward C. Prescott, who earned an M.S. degree in operations research in 1964, received the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economic Science.
  • Peter Agre, Nobel laureate for chemistry in 2003, was previously an instructor at the School of Medicine.
  • Paul C. Lauterbur, Nobel laureate for physiology/medicine in 2003, earned the B.S. degree in chemistry in 1951.
  • Case Western Reserve trustee Ferid Murad was awarded the prize for physiology/medicine in 1998. He earned M.D. and Ph.D. degrees in 1965.
  • Frederick Reines, physics laureate in 1995, was professor and chair of physics.
  • Alfred G. Gilman, physiology/medicine recipient in 1994, earned M.D. and Ph.D. degrees in 1969.
  • George A. Olah, who received the prize for chemistry in 1994, was professor and chair of chemistry.
  • George H. Hitchings, physiology/medicine laureate in 1988, was professor of biochemistry.
  • Paul Berg, recipient for chemistry in 1980, earned the Ph.D. degree in 1952.
  • Earl W. Sutherland Jr., physiology/medicine laureate in 1971, was professor and chair of pharmacology.
  • Donald A. Glaser, recipient of the prize for physics in 1960, earned the B.S. degree in physics in 1946.
  • Polycarp Kusch, who received the prize for physics in 1955, earned the B.S. degree in physics in 1931.
  • Frederick C. Robbins, physiology/medicine laureate in 1954, was professor of pediatrics, dean of medicine, and University Professor during a fifty-year career at Case Western Reserve.
  • John J. R. Macleod, who received the prize in 1923 for physiology/medicine, was professor of physiology.
  • Albert A. Michelson, physics laureate in 1907—and the first American scientist to win the prize—was professor of physics.