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NYC Public Schools Nobels

Students who went through the NYC public school system and went on to win the Nobel Prize

To Betsy DeVos, with solicitous regards.

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_by_Secondary_School_affiliation

Class
Name of laureate
Award and year
University
The Bronx High School of Science,
Bronx, New York City, NY
1947
Leon N. Cooper Physics
1972
Brown University
The Bronx High School of Science,
Bronx, New York City, NY
1950
Sheldon Glasho  Physics
1979
Columbia University
The Bronx High School of Science,
Bronx, New York City, NY
1950
Steven Weinber Physics
1979
Cornell University
The Bronx High School of Science,
Bronx, New York City, NY
1949
Melvin Schwart  Physics
1988
Columbia University
The Bronx High School of Science,
Bronx, New York City, NY
1966
Russell Huls  Physics
1993
Princeton University
The Bronx High School of Science,
Bronx, New York City, NY
1966
H. David Politze Physics
2004
California Institute of Technology
The Bronx High School of Science,
Bronx, New York City, NY
1941
Roy Glaube  Physics
2005
Harvard University
The Bronx High School of Science,
Bronx, New York City, NY
1959
Robert Lefkowit  Chemistry
2012
Columbia University
James Madison High School,
Brooklyn, New York City, NY
1939
Stanley Cohe  Medicine
1986
Vanderbilt University
James Madison High School,
Brooklyn, New York City, NY
1940
Robert Solo  Economics
1987
MIT
James Madison High School,
Brooklyn, New York City, NY
1943
Martin Lewis Per  Physics
1995
University of Michigan
James Madison High School,
Brooklyn, New York City, NY
1947
Gary Becke Economics
1992
University of Chicago
Stuyvesant High School,
Manhattan, New York City, NY
1941
Joshua Lederber Medicine
1958
Rockefeller University
Stuyvesant High School,
Manhattan, New York City, NY
1954
Roald Hoffman  Chemistry
1981
Cornell University
Stuyvesant High School,
Manhattan, New York City, NY
1944
Robert Foge  Economics
1993
Cornell University
Stuyvesant High School,
Manhattan, New York City, NY
1963
Richard Axe  Medicine
2004
Columbia University
Abraham Lincoln High School,
Brooklyn, New York City, NY
1933
Arthur Kornber  Medicine
1959
Stanford University
Abraham Lincoln High School,
Brooklyn, New York City, NY
1943
Paul Ber  Chemistry
1980
Stanford University
Abraham Lincoln High School,
Brooklyn, New York City, NY
1933
Jerome Karl  Chemistry
1985
City College of New York
Far Rockaway High School,
Queens, New York City, NY
1935
Richard Feynma  Physics
1965
California Institute of Technology
Far Rockaway High School,
Queens, New York City, NY
1942
Baruch Blumber  Medicine
1976
University of Pennsylvania
Far Rockaway High School,
Queens, New York City, NY
1948
Burton Richte  Physics
1976
Stanford University
Townsend Harris High School,
Queens, New York City, NY
originally Manhattan, New York City, NY
1933
Herbert A. Hauptma  Chemistry
1985
City College of New York
Townsend Harris High School,
Queens, New York City, NY
originally Manhattan, New York City, NY
1933
Julian Schwinge  Physics
1965
City College of New York
Townsend Harris High School,
Queens, New York City, NY
originally Manhattan, New York City, NY
1936
Kenneth Arro  Economics
1972
City College of New York
Brooklyn Technical High School,
Brooklyn, New York City, NY
1954
Arno Penzia  Physics
1978
City College of New York
Brooklyn Technical High School,
Brooklyn, New York City, NY
1922
George Wal  Biology
1987
Harvard University
Erasmus Hall High School,
Brooklyn, New York City, NY
1919
Barbara McClintoc  Medicine or Physiology
1983
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Erasmus Hall High School,
Brooklyn, New York City, NY
1944
Eric Kande  Medicine or Physiology
2000
Columbia University
Martin Van Buren High School,
Queens, New York
1967
Frank Wilcze  Physics
2004
University of Chicago
Princeton University
Martin Van Buren High School,
Queens, New York
1967
Alvin Rot  Economic Sciences
2012
Columbia University
Stanford University
Walton High School,
Bronx, New York City, NY
1941
Rosalyn Sussman Yalo  Medicine and Physiology
1977
Hunter College
Walton High School,
Bronx, New York City, NY
1933
Gertrude B. Elio  Medicine and Physiology
1988
Duke University

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