Laureates and Space Wanderers
MIT is well-represented in two distinguished fields.
MIT alumni/ae have accomplished a great many things throughout the years. Two notable areas which have seen a proliferation of MIT affiliates include Nobel Laureates and astronauts.MIT Nobel Laureates
* David Baltimore ’61. 1975 Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
* Robert C. Merton ’70 PhD. 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics.
* Robert B. Laughlin ’79 PhD. 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics.
* William D. Phillips ’76 PhD. 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics.
* Elias J. Corey Jr. ’48 PhD. 1990 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
* Sidney Altman ’60. 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
* Charles J. Pedersen ’27. 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
* Lawrence R. Klein ’44 PhD. 1980 Nobel Prize in Economics.
* Burton Richter ’52 PhD. 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics.
* John Robert Schrieffer ’53. 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics.
* Murray Gell-Mann ’51 PhD. 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics.
* Robert S. Mulliken ’17. 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
* Robert Burns Woodward ’36. 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
* Richard P. Feynman ’39. 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics.
* William Shockley ’36 PhD. 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.
MIT Astronaut List
* Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, Jr. ’63 ScD
* Kenneth D. Cameron ’78
* Charles M. Duke ’64 MS
* Edgar D. Mitchell ’64 ScD
* Russell L. Schweickart ’56
* David R. Scott ’62
* Bryon K. Lichtenberg ’79 PhD
* Janice E. Voss ’87 PhD
* Laurence R. Young ’57 ScD
* Roger K. Crouch ’79-80 Visiting Scientist
* Albert Sacco ’77 PhD
* Robert J. Wood ’80 MS
* Robert B. Thirsk ’78 MS
* Catherine G. “Cady” Coleman ’91 PhD
* Wendy B. Lawrence ’88 SM
* John M. Grunsfeld PhD ’80
* Jay Apt ’76 PhD
* Franklin R. Chang-Diaz ’77 PhD
* Philip Kenyon Chapman ’64 PhD
* Anthony W. England ’65 PhD
* Terry J. Hart ’69 SM
* Frederick H. Hauck ’66 SM
* William B. Lenoir ’61 PhD
* Mark C. Lee ’80 SM
* Ronald E. McNair ’76 PhD
* William M. Shepherd ’78 MS
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