Members Receive 2009 Nobel Prizes
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
This year several members and foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine had the distinction of being honored with Nobel Prizes for their contributions to the fields of economics, chemistry, physics, and physiology or medicine. Six are members of the NAS; three of the NAE; and one of the IOM. Two winners also hold foreign associate status in the NAS.