Leon M. Lederman
Photo gallery
1 (of 15) Leon Lederman receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 1988.
Photo from the Lars Åström archive
2 (of 15) Leon Lederman after receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 1988.
Photo from the Lars Åström archive
3 (of 15) Leon M. Lederman, Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 December 1988.
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4 (of 15) From left: Chemistry laureate Johann Deisenhofer, Princess Christina of Sweden and physics laureate Leon M. Lederman at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1988.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
5 (of 15) Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf (center) and Queen Silvia of Sweden (third from right) pose with Leon Lederman (second from right) and his family. They are joined by Lars Gyllensten (right), Chairman of the Nobel Foundation and member of the Swedish Academy. Photo taken at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden, on 10 December 1988.
© Svensk Reportagetjänst 1988 Photo: Boo Jonsson
6 (of 15) Nobel Laureates in Physics assembled at Brookhaven National Laboratory in August 1996 (left to right): 1957 Laureate Tsung-Dao Lee, 1988 Laureates Leon Lederman, Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, and 1976 Laureate Samuel Ting.
Photo: Courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory
7 (of 15) Chemistry laureate Robert Huber and physics laureate Leon Lederman during Nobel Week in Stockholm, December 1988.
Photo from the Lars Åström archive
8 (of 15) Leon Lederman during his visit to Stockholm during Nobel Week, December 1988.
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9 (of 15) Portrait of Leon Lederman during his visit to Stockholm during Nobel Week, December 1988.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
10 (of 15) Physics laureates Melvin Schwartz, Jack Steinberger and Leon M. Lederman, chemistry laureates Robert Huber, Hartmut Michel and Johann Deisenhofer during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1988.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
11 (of 15) The 1988 laureates assembled at the Swedish Academy, 1988. Back row from left: medicine laureate George H. Hitchings, chemistry laureate Johann Deisenhofer, medicine laureate Sir James W. Black, physics laureate Jack Steinberger, chemistry laureate Robert Huber, physics laureate Melvin Schwartz, chemistry laureate Hartmut Michel and physics laureate Leon M. Lederman. Seated are from left: laureate in economic sciences Maurice Allais, medicine laureate Gertrude B. Elion and Umm Kulthoum Mahfouz, daughter of literature laureate Naguib Mahfouz.
Photo from the Lars Åström archive
12 (of 15) Leon Lederman (middle) during his visit to Stockholm in December 1988.
Photo from the Lars Åström archive
13 (of 15) Leon Lederman celebrates his birthday with children from the Fermilab daycare center.
Credit: Fermilab
14 (of 15) Leon Lederman in 2004.
Credit: Fermilab
15 (of 15) Leon Lederman in 1982.
Credit: Fermilab
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.