Nobel Prizes and Laureates

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Joseph Erlanger seated in the laboratory.
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In the fall of 1947, the Washington University faculty honored three of the University's four Nobel Laureates: Dr. Joseph Erlanger (far left), the 1944 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, and Drs. Carl F. and Gerty T. Cori, Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine in 1947. Dr. Carl A. Dauten (right), President of the Men's Faculty Club, presents a scroll to the Nobel Laureates.
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Four Nobel Laureates at the Washington University. From left to right Dr. Carl F. Cori, Professor of Biochemistry and the 1947 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Dr. Joseph Erlanger, Professor Emeritus of Physiology and the 1944 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Dr. Gerty T. Cori, Professor of Biochemistry and the 1947 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, and Chancellor Arthur H. Compton, the 1927 Nobel Laureate in Physics. Photo taken in 1947.
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