Marcel Benoist Prize

Marcel Benoist Prize
The Marcel Benoist Prize, offered by the Marcel Benoist Foundation, is a monetary prize that has been offered annually since 1920 to a scientist of Swiss nationality or residency who has made the most useful scientific discovery. Emphasis is placed on those discoveries affecting human life. Since 1997, candidates in the humanities have also been eligible for the prize.
The Marcel Benoist Foundation was established by the will of the French lawyer Marcel Benoist, a wartime resident of Lausanne, who died in 1918. It is managed by a group of trustees comprising the Swiss interior minister and heads of the main Swiss universities. It is often dubbed the "Swiss Nobel Prize."
History
The first award was given to immunologist Maurice Arthus (1862–1945) at the University of Lausanne. Other winners have included computer scientist Niklaus Wirth, astronomer Michel Mayor, and cardiologist Max Holzmann. , eleven Marcel Benoist winners have later also won the Nobel Prize: Paul Karrer, Leopold Ruzicka, Walter R. Hess, Tadeus Reichstein, Vladimir Prelog, Niels Kaj Jerne, Johannes G. Bednorz, Karl. Alexander Müller, Richard R. Ernst, Kurz Wüthrich, and Michel Mayor.
In 2009, Françoise Gisou van der Goot (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) was the first woman to win the Marcel Benoist Prize.
Laureates
1920: Maurice Arthus
1921: Conrad Brunner
1922: Paul Karrer
1923: Albert Heim
1924: Heinrich Zangger
1925: Alfred Gysi
1926: Emile Argand
1927: Hermann Sahli
1928: Jules Gonin
1929: Paul Niggli
1930: Aloys Müller
1931: Walter R. Hess
1932: Maurice Lugeon
1933: Robert Doerr
1934: Max Askanazy
1935: Jakob Eugster
1936: Alfredo Vannotti
1937: Charles Dhéré
1938: Leopold Ruzicka
1939: Fritz Baltzer
1940: Friedrich T. Wahlen
1941: Hermann Mooser
1942: Arthur Stoll
1943: Paul Scherrer
1944:
1945: Ernst Albert Gäumann
1946: Alexander von Muralt
1947: Tadeus Reichstein
1948: Hans E. Walther
1949: Albert Frey-Wyssling
1950: Emile Guyénot
1951: Anton Fonio
1952: Otto Gsell
1953: Alfred Fleisch
1954: Ernst Hadorn
1955: Max Holzmann
1956: Siegfried Rosin
1957: Jakob Seiler
1958: Klaus Clusius
1959: Albert Wettstein
1960: Pierre Duchosal
1961: Werner Kuhn
1962: Alfred Hässig
1963: Gerold Schwarzenbach
1964: Vladimir Prelog
1965: Georges de Rham
1966: Edouard Kellenberger and Alfred Tissières
1967: Kurt Mühlethaler and Hans J. Moor
1968: Michel Dolivo
1969: Walter Heitler
1970: Charles Weissmann
1971: Manfred Bleuler
1972: Albert Eschenmoser
1973: Lucien Girardier, Eric Jéquier and Georges Spinnler
1974: Ewald Weibel
1975: M. Gazi Yasargil
1976: Theodor K. Brunner, Jean Charles Cerottini and Jean Lindenmann
1977: Hans Günthard and Edgar Heilbronner
1978: Niels Kaj Jerne
1979: Michel Cuénod
1980: Hans Kummer
1981: Karl Illmensee
1982: Franz Fankhauser
1983: Hans R. Brunner
1984: Harald Reuter
1985: Richard R. Ernst
1986: Johannes G. Bednorz and Karl Alexander Müller
1987: Maurice E. Müller, Martin Allgöwer and Hans R. Willenegger
1988: Ulrich Laemmli
1989: Niklaus Wirth
1990: Bruno Messerli, Hans Oeschger and Werner Stumm
1991: Duilio Arigoni and Kurt Wüthrich
1992: Gottfried Schatz
1993: no prize
1994: Martin Schwab
1995: Henri Isliker and Alfred Pletscher
1996: Bernard Rossier
1997: Jürg M. Fröhlich
1998: Michel Mayor
1999: Jörg Paul Müller and Luzius Wildhaber
2000: Dieter Seebach
2001:
2002: Rüdiger Wehner
2003: Denis Duboule
2004: Adriano Aguzzi
2005: Othmar Keel
2006: Timothy J. Richmond
2007: Ari Helenius
2008: Ernst Fehr
2009: Françoise Gisou van der Goot (first time that the prize is awarded to a woman)
2010: Daniel Loss
2011: Michele Parrinello
2012: Michael N. Hall
2013: Michael Grätzel
2014: Nicolas Gisin
2015: Laurent Keller
2016: Johan Auwerx
2017: Thomas Stocker
2018: Lars-Erik Cederman
2019: Nicola Spaldin
2020: Rudolf Aebersold
2021: Thomas Berger
See also
List of general science and technology awards
Science and technology in Switzerland
Prizes named after people
Latsis Foundation
Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
References
External links
Official website
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