Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1950
Number:17 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Conrad A Elvehjem
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1901
Year, Death:1962
Profession:prof biochemistry, dean graduate studies
Department:Department of Biochemistry
University:University of Wisconsin
City:Madison
State:WI
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Hans Berger
Gender:M
Profession:prof psychiatry
City:Jena
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Motivation:H Berger: Work on the electroencephalograph. C A Elvehjem: Work on the vitamine B complex
 
Nominator:
Name:C C Pfeiffer
Profession:prof pharmacology
City:Chicago
State:IL
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Comments: Candidate Berger deceased and therefore not eligible to receive the Nobel prize. The nominator put C A Elvehjem as first choice, and H Berger as second choice