AIEE, IRE, and IEEE members who won Nobel Prizes

IEEE (including AIEE, IRE) Members who have Won Nobel Prizes

Isamu Akasaki, 2014, Physics

Zhores I Alferov, 2000, Physics

Hiroshi Amano, 2014, Physics

Edward Appleton (MH), 1947, Physics

• John Bardeen, 1956, Physics; 1972, Physics

Nicolaas Bloembergen (MH), 1981, Physics

Willard S. Boyle, 2009. Physics

• Walter Brattain, 1956, Physics

Willem Einthoven, 1924, Medicine

Leo Esaki (MH), 1973, Physics

• Brian Josephson, 1973, Physics

Charles K. Kao, (Bell Medal) 2009, Physics

Jack S. Kilby (MH), 2000, Physics

Herbert Kroemer, 2000, Physics

Irving Langmuir, 1932, Chemistry (P)

• Leon M Lederman, 1988, Physics

Guglielmo Marconi (MH), 1909, Physics

• Robert Andrews Millikan, (Edison Medal) 1923, Physics

Shuji Nakamura, 2014, Physics

• Arno Penzias, 1978, Physics

• Norman F. Ramsey, 1989, Physics

Arthur Schawlow, 1981, Physics

William Shockley (MH), 1956, Physics

George E. Smith, 2009, Physics

Charles Townes (MH), 1964, Physics

Robert W. Wilson, 1978, Physics

Notes

MH = winner of IEEE (or predecessor organization) Medal of Honor

P = Langmuir was IRE President in 1923

• = IEEE Honorary Member

More on the Nobel Prizes and the individuals who won them can be found at the web sites of the Nobel Prize Committee and the Nobel Museum.