Monthly Luncheon April - The Nobel Prize and its many Jewish Awardees

Monthly Luncheon

Registration opens 2/16/26

The Nobel Prize and its many Jewish Awardees 

MCA Member Steve Yussen

Swedish engineer, entrepreneur, and inventor, Alfred Nobel, set up an endowment to recognize outstanding contributions to mankind, with the first awards conferred after his death, in 1901, in five different fields, and more awards conferred in a 6th field (Economics) since the 1960s. 

As of 2024, it is estimated that over 200 Nobel Prize winners have been Jewish. This number represents approximately 20% of all Nobel laureates, despite Jews constituting less than 0.2% of the world's population.

Steve considers those outcomes, the award itself, its history, controversies, and the impact of some of its prominent Jewish awardees in different fields.

Steve Yussen earned his bachelors degree in psychology at Swarthmore College, his Ph.D. In developmental psychology at the University of Minnesota, and had a career spanning 48 years as a Professor,, teaching, conducting research in cognitive development, memory, and reading, and serving as an administrator at 3 universities, UW- Madison, U of Iowa, and the University of Minnesota, where he retired in 2020. 

Cancellation Policy: No refund if cancellation is within 7 days of the event.

Questions? Email Michael Sobol.