Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
MULLIKEN, ROBERT S., U.S.A., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, b. 1896, d. 1986: "for his fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules by the molecular orbital method" ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Literature
The prize was divided equally between: AGNON, SHMUEL YOSEF, Israel, b. 1888, d. 1970: "for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people"; and SACHS, NELLY, Sweden, b. 1891 (in Germany), d. 1970:
Peace
The prize money was allocated to the Main Fund (1/3) and to the Special Fund (2/3) of this prize section. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was divided equally between: ROUS, PEYTON, U.S.A., Rockefeller University, New York, NY, b. 1879, d. 1970: "for his discovery of tumor-inducing viruses"; and HUGGINS, CHARLES BRENTON, U.S.A., Ben May Laboratory for Cancer Research
Physics
KASTLER, ALFRED, France, Ecole Normale Superieure, Universite de Paris, b. 1902, d. 1984: "for the discovery and development of optical methods for studying hertzian resonances in atoms"