4. Nobel Prize Winner Dies 3 Days Before Receiving Honor. Dr. Ralph M. Steinman died of pancreatic cancer this Friday, just three days before the Nobel Prize committee chose to honor him with the greatest reward of his life. [
NYT]
The statutes hold that the Nobel Prize is not to be given posthumously. But if a person who is announced as a prize winner dies before receiving it at the Nobel ceremonies on Dec. 10 — the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish industrialist who endowed the prizes — the award remains valid.
4. Nobel Prize Winner Dies 3 Days Before Receiving Honor. Dr. Ralph M. Steinman died of pancreatic cancer this Friday, just three days before the Nobel Prize committee chose to honor him with the greatest reward of his life. [NYT]
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