The prize was divided, one half being awarded to: ANFINSEN, CHRISTIAN B., U.S.A., National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, b. 1916, d. 1995: "for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation"; and the other half jointly to: MOORE, STANFORD, U.S.A., Rockefeller University, New York, NY, b. 1913, d. 1982; and STEIN, WILLIAM H., U.S.A., Rockefeller University, New York, NY, b. 1911, d. 1980: "for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the ribonuclease molecule"
Nobel Prize for Literature
The prize was divided equally between: JOHNSON, EYVIND, Sweden, b. 1900, d. 1976: "for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom"; and MARTINSON, HARRY, Sweden, b. 1904, d. 1978: "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos"
Nobel Prize for Peace
The prize money for 1972 was allocated to the Main Fund.
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
The prize was awarded jointly to: EDELMAN, GERALD M., U.S.A., Rockefeller University, New York, NY, b. 1929; and PORTER, RODNEY R., Great Britain, University of Oxford, b. 1917, d. 1985: "for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies"
Nobel Prize for Physics
The prize was awarded jointly to: BARDEEN, JOHN, U.S.A., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, b. 1908, d. 1991; COOPER, LEON N., U.S.A., Brown University, Providence, RI, b. 1930; and SCHRIEFFER, J. ROBERT, U.S.A., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, b. 1931: "for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS' " theory"
Grammy Awards