contrast the galway story with that of rita levi - montalcini , an italian nobel laureate ; turned 100 each day . she actually attends for study on wednesday at the european mind research institute in rome , which she inaugurated . she was nominated a senator for life in 2001 , and in 2006 , entitled 97 , she attends the inauguration chamber of the newly elected senate . she takes parts in discussions in the upper house , and in 2004 defended the teaching of science in italian colleges . there is no record of her having claims a day off because of festival commitments . supposedly she even manages to pass right through the roses of tralee without moving her head from her petri bath .
Rita Levi-Montalcini is a Nobel prize winner.