Academic Origins of the US. Nobel Laureates in Science, 1901-64 Nobel prizes have been awarded to 63 scientists in the United States. Of these, 39 laureates received their undergraduate training in U. S. institutions which offered the PhD degree; 11 attended U. S. colleges which did not offer the PhD, and 13 received theircollegiatetraining abroad. "Education Directory 1964-1965, Part 3, Higher Education" (U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) was used to determine the type of program and the highest level of degree granted by the institutions. Nineteen U. S. institutions which offer thePhD (Class IVof the Directory) granted thefollawing number of bachelor's degrees to students who became Nobel lsurestes: Columbia, 6; California, 5; California Institute of Technology and Harvard, 4 each; Case, Chicago, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Yale, 2 esch; and Cornell, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Oregon State, Oregon, Purdue, Rutgers, South Dakota, and Stanford, 1 esch. Ten American colleges which do not grant the PhD awarded bachelor's degrees to students who became Nobel laureates. These are: Lafayette, Whitmau, Woaster, Kentucky State College, U. S. Naval Academy, Earlham, Furman, Michigan College of Mining, Oberlin, 1 each; and City College of New York, 2. Twenty-eight of the U. S. Nobel priae winners were trained in privately operated institutions and 22 in those under public control. Only four of those privately operated are listed in the Directory as church-related institutions. A geographical study of the institutions shows a concentration of 25 Laureates in theNorth Central states, followed by 16 in Western and Pacific Coast states, 6 in New England, and 3 from the South. The 13 U. S. laureates who received their collegiate training before coming to America. emphasize the deht this country awes to other nations. New York and California lead with 10 laureates each; followed by Illinois, Mmsaehusetts, and Ohio, 4 each; Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, Oregon, and Wisconsin, 2 each; and Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Montsnrt, Pennsylwnia, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Washington, 1each. Twenty-eight U. S. Nobel prize winners received their awards in the fields of physiology and medicine, 22 in physics, and 13 in chemistry. A number of the awards in medicine went to scientists who classify themselves as biochemists. "American Men of Science" and "Who's Who in America" were the sources of the biographical material in this study.
JOHN R. SAMPEY FURMAN UNIVERSITY GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
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