1994 laureates on stage at the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1994. From left: physic laureates Bertram N. Brockhouse and Clifford G. Shull, chemistry laureate George A. Olah, medicine laureates Alfred G. Gilman and Martin Rodbell, literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe and economic sciences laureates John C. Harsanyi, John F. Nash Jr. and Reinhard Selten.

Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström

Alfred G. Gilman and Martin Rodbell showing their Nobel Prize medals after the award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1994.

Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström

Martin Rodbell delivering his speech of thanks at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1994.

Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström

Martin Rodbell photographed during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1994.

Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström

1994 laureates assembled at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm in December 1994. Back row: Medicine laureates Martin Rodbell and Alfred G. Gilman, economic sciences laureate John F. Nash Jr., chemistry laureate George A. Olah, economic sciences laureate Reinhard Selten and physic laureate Clifford G. Shull. Front row: Physic laureate Bertram N. Brockhouse, literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe and economic sciences laureate John C. Harsanyi.

Photo from the Lars Åström archive

Portrait of Martin Rodbell, ca 1985.

Source: U.S National Library of Medicine, Profiles in Science. Photographer unknown. Courtesy of Martin Rodbell.

Between 1981 and 1983, Martin Rodbell was a Professor in the Laboratory of Biochemistry at the University of Geneva, studying the structure and function of glucagon.

Source: U.S National Library of Medicine, Profiles in Science. Photographer unknown. Courtesy of Martin Rodbell.

Martin Rodbell (right) and Ann Butler Jones (left) at the National Institutes of Health, ca 1963.

Source: U.S National Library of Medicine, Profiles in Science. Photographer unknown. Courtesy of Martin Rodbell.

Martin Rodbell in Venice, April 1961.

Source: U.S National Library of Medicine, Profiles in Science. Photographer unknown. Courtesy of Martin Rodbell.

Martin Rodbell, December 1938.

Source: U.S National Library of Medicine, Profiles in Science. Photographer unknown. Courtesy of Martin Rodbell.

Martin Rodbell, 3 years old. Photo taken in 1928.

Source: U.S National Library of Medicine, Profiles in Science Photographer: W. T. Grant Co. Courtesy of Martin Rodbell.