Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
The prize was awarded jointly to: DIELS, OTTO, PAUL HERMANN, Germany, Kiel University, b. 1876, d. 1954; and ALDER, KURT, Germany, Cologne University, b. 1902, d. 1958: "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis"
Literature
RUSSELL, Earl (BERTRAND ARTHUR WILLIAM), Great Britain, b. 1872, d. 1970: "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"
Peace
BUNCHE, RALPH, Professor Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, b. 1904, d. 1971: Director of the UN Division of Trusteeship, Acting Mediator in Palestine 1948
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was awarded jointly to: KENDALL, EDWARD CALVIN, U.S.A., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, b. 1886, d. 1972; REICHSTEIN, TADEUS, Switzerland, Basel University, b. 1897 (in Wloclawek, Poland), d. 1996; and HENCH, PHILIP SHOWALTER, U.S.A.,
Physics
POWELL, CECIL FRANK, Great Britain, Bristol University, b. 1903, d. 1969: "for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method"
Pulitzer Prizes
Drama
Richard Rodgers..."Oscar Hammerstein"
Fiction
A.B. Guthrie Jr. ..."The Way West"
History
Oliver W. Larkin... "Art and Life in America" International Reporting: Edmund Stevens... "Christian Science Monitor" National Reporting: Edwin O. Guthman..."Seattle Times"
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