| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1967 | 
| Number: | 72 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Luis Walter  Alvarez | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1911 | 
| Year, Death: | 1988 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | University of California | 
| City: | Berkeley | 
| State: | CA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1968 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Murray  Gell-Mann | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1929 | 
| Year, Death: | 2019 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | California Institute of Technology | 
| City: | Pasadena | 
| State: | CA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1969 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Léon Charles Prudent  van Hove | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1924 | 
| Year, Death: | 1990 | 
| Profession: | Physicist | 
| City: | Geneva | 
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) | 
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| Comments: | The prize to be shared between L.W. Alvarez and M. Gell-Mann. | 
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