Word: prizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stand engineering," recalls Caltech's Professor Murray Gell-Mann, the former child prodigy, "so I put down the closest thing, physics." It was a happy choice. Last week, for his brilliant work on the basic nature of the atom, Gell-Mann, now 40, won the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics...
...Nobel Prize in Chemistry meanwhile went to Britain's Derek H.R. Barton, 51, and Norway's Odd Hassel, 72. for their discovery and application of the so-called "conformation concept." Their findings have proven valuable in the synthesis of new drugs and other compounds...
...Nixon's thinking. The Labor Secretary has a talent for translating the President's theory into policy, and that has made him one of the most powerful men in Washington. As TIME Washington Correspondent Marvin Zim reports: "If politicians gave a rookie-of-the-year award, the prize for 1969 would go to Shultz. After coming to Washington without any political experience, he has clearly become a top Cabinet officer, an adviser whose counsel is sought and whose judgment bears extra distinction simply because it comes from...
Economists in recent years have become the most influential of all scholars, taking their place as fixtures in the chancelleries, banks and board rooms of the world. Last week two longtime leaders in this increasingly glamorous science were finally given the ultimate honor, the first Nobel Prize in Economics, the only new category added to the awards since they were started in 1901. The $72,700 prize was shared by Dr. Ragnar Frisch, 74, of Norway, and Dr. Jan Tinbergen, 66, of The Netherlands. The award was for their joint development in the 1930s of the esoteric but highly influential...
tion (CCA), a local good-government association, may gain a prize it has long sought-a majority of seats on the School Committee...