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Murray Gell-Mann

Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Class of ~1951 (est.)

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American physicist (1929–2019)

Gerald Edelman

The Rockefeller University — Class of ~1951 (est.)

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American biologist (1929–2014)

Carolyn S. Shoemaker

California State University-Sacramento — Class of ~1951 (est.)

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American astronomer, researcher and university teacher

Robert Dolan

Southern Oregon University — Class of ~1951 (est.)

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American geologist (1929-2016)

Carolyn S. Shoemaker

California State University-Bakersfield — Class of ~1951 (est.)

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American astronomer, researcher and university teacher

Paul Lauterbur

University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown — Class of ~1951 (est.)

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American chemist (1929–2007)

Carolyn S. Shoemaker

California State University-Northridge — Class of ~1951 (est.)

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American astronomer, researcher and university teacher

Paul Lauterbur

University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg — Class of ~1951 (est.)

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American chemist (1929–2007)

Carolyn S. Shoemaker

California State University-Fullerton — Class of ~1951 (est.)

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American astronomer, researcher and university teacher

Carolyn S. Shoemaker

California State University-Stanislaus — Class of ~1951 (est.)

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American astronomer, researcher and university teacher

Carolyn S. Shoemaker

California State University-Chico — Class of ~1951 (est.)

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American astronomer, researcher and university teacher

Daniel Nathans

University of Delaware — Class of ~1950 (est.)

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American microbiologist

Vera Rubin

Cornell University — Class of ~1950 (est.)

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American astronomer and physicist (1928-2016)

Jacqueline Jakway

Park University — Class of ~1950 (est.)

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neuroscientist

Gloria C. Gilmer

Morgan State University — Class of ~1950 (est.)

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American mathematician and educator (1928–2021)

M. Frederick Hawthorne

Missouri University of Science and Technology — Class of ~1950 (est.)

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American chemist

Gene Sharp

Ohio State University-Main Campus — Class of ~1950 (est.)

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American political scientist (1928-2018)

Vera Rubin

Georgetown University — Class of ~1950 (est.)

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American astronomer and physicist (1928-2016)

James Watson

University of Chicago — Class of ~1950 (est.)

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American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)

Marshall Warren Nirenberg

University of Florida-Online — Class of ~1949 (est.)

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American biochemist and geneticist (1927-2010)

Marshall Warren Nirenberg

University of Florida — Class of ~1949 (est.)

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American biochemist and geneticist (1927-2010)

Martin Lewis Perl

United States Merchant Marine Academy — Class of ~1949 (est.)

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American scientist (1927–2014)

William Perry

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus — Class of ~1949 (est.)

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American mathematician and businessman, former Secretary of Defense

Alma Levant Hayden

South Carolina State University — Class of ~1949 (est.)

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American chemist

Darleane C. Hoffman

Iowa State University — Class of ~1948 (est.)

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American nuclear chemist

Ben Roy Mottelson

Purdue University-Main Campus — Class of ~1948 (est.)

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Danish nuclear physicist (1926–2022)

Henry Way Kendall

United States Merchant Marine Academy — Class of ~1948 (est.)

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American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics

Masatoshi Koshiba

University of Rochester — Class of ~1948 (est.)

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Japanese physicist and astronomer (1926-2020)

Paul Berg

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus — Class of ~1948 (est.)

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American biochemist, Professor emeritus at Stanford University & Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1926–2023)

Carol Karp

Manchester University — Class of ~1948 (est.)

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mathematician (1926–1972)