1963
League of Red Cross Societies – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1963 The Red Cross in a Changing World To this hall tonight have been invited men and women representative of the four corners of our world. Each person present has rendered some service to the cause of peace. Such an undertaking imposes humility and suggests that we speak simply to this…
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Eugene Wigner – Biographical
Biographical
Eugene Paul Wigner, born in Budapest, Hungary, on November 17, 1902, naturalized a citizen of the United States on January 8, 1937, has been since 1938 Thomas D. Jones Professor of Mathematical Physics at Princeton University – he retired in 1971. His formal education was acquired in Europe; he obtained the Dr. Ing. degree at…
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Nobel Banquet Menu 1963
Saumon braisé à la madrilène Caneton froid à la gelée Sauce périgourdine Salade de mandarines Poires Nobel Gala VINS Château Bellevue 1955, S:t Emilion Pommery & Greno Brut Café Liqueurs Marie Brizard & Strega Cognac Courvoisier BUFFET
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Carl Joachim Hambro, Member of the Nobel Committee The of the Norwegian Storting [Parliament] has decided to divide the Peace Prize for 1963 between the two sister organizations of the Red Cross: the International Red Cross Committee and the League of Red Cross Societies. It is most appropriate that such a decision…
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