AIEE, IRE, and IEEE members who won Nobel Prizes

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

Zhores I Alferov, 2000, 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

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.