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Remembering the Nobel laureates we lost in 2016

Chemistry hasn’t lost four of its Nobel Prize winners in a single year—a record—since 1971

December 14, 2016 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 94, Issue 49

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Credit: UC Santa Barbara
March 9, 1923–April 19, 2016Winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for his development of the density-functional theory.”“Walter was an internationally regarded colleague, scholar, mentor, and role model.”Henry T. Yang, University of California, Santa Barbara
A photo of chemistry Nobel laureate Walter Kohn.
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March 9, 1923–April 19, 2016Winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for his development of the density-functional theory.”“Walter was an internationally regarded colleague, scholar, mentor, and role model.”Henry T. Yang, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the “discovery of fullerenes.”“Harry very much became the embodiment of the hopes of Alfred Nobel, with a better, more peaceful world being brought about through the dissemination of science.”Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt, Florida State University
A photo of chemistry Nobel laureate Harry Kroto.
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Winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the “discovery of fullerenes.”“Harry very much became the embodiment of the hopes of Alfred Nobel, with a better, more peaceful world being brought about through the dissemination of science.”Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt, Florida State University
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Feb. 1, 1952–Aug. 24, 2016Winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP.”“He was an inspiration for how to do science: to be constantly curious, to never stop exploring, and most important, to appreciate the beauty of science.”Amy Palmer, University of Colorado, Boulder
A photo of chemistry Nobel laureate Roger Tsien.
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Feb. 1, 1952–Aug. 24, 2016Winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP.”“He was an inspiration for how to do science: to be constantly curious, to never stop exploring, and most important, to appreciate the beauty of science.”Amy Palmer, University of Colorado, Boulder
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Feb. 26, 1946–Aug. 2, 2016Winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy”“Ahmed Zewail was an extraordinary scientist who cared about the world and making a contribution to society as an Egyptian and as an American.”Jacqueline K. Barton, California Institute of Technology
A photo of chemistry Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail.
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Feb. 26, 1946–Aug. 2, 2016Winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy”“Ahmed Zewail was an extraordinary scientist who cared about the world and making a contribution to society as an Egyptian and as an American.”Jacqueline K. Barton, California Institute of Technology

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