Wolf Prize
Wolf Prize 1978: Winners
Recipients
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Agriculture
George F. Sprague
for his outstanding research on the genetic amelioration of maize for human welfare.
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Agriculture
John Charles Walker
for his research in plant pathology, developing of disease-resistant varieties of major food plants.
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Chemistry
Carl Djerassi
for his work in bioorganic chemistry, application of new spectroscopic techniques, and his support of international cooperation.
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Mathematics
Carl L. Siegel
in recognition of his contributions to the theory of numbers, theory of several complex variables, and celestial mechanics.
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Mathematics
Israel Gelfand
for his work on functional analysis, group representation, and for his seminal contributions to many areas of mathematics and its applications.
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Medicine
George D. Snell
for discovery of H-2 antigens, which codes for major transplantation antigens and the onset of the immune response.
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Medicine
Jean Dausset
for discovering the HL-A system, the major histocompatibility complex in man and its primordial role in organ transplantation.
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Medicine
Jon J. van Rood
for his contribution to the understanding of the complexity of the HL-A system in man and its implications in transplantation and in disease.
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Physics
Chien-Shiung Wu
for her persistent and successful exploration of the weak interaction which helped establish the precise form and the non conservation of parity for this new natural force.