 
						Wiesel, Torsten N.
1924 Born in Uppsala, Sweden.
1954 B.S. and Ph.D., Karolinska Institute
Neurobiology.
1955~1958 Postdoc., Wilmer Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical 
School
1959~1983 Researcher, Professor, Harvard Medical School
1973 Dean, Dept. of Neurobiology, Harvard University
1983~1991 Professor, Rockefeller University
1991~ President, Rockefeller University
1994~ Chairman of the National Academy of Science's 
Committee on Human Rights
1995~ Chairman of the board of the Aaron Diamond AIDS 
Research Center
1967 A.M. (Hon.), Harvard University 
1971 The Dr. Jules C. Stein Award, presented by the 
Trustees for Research to Prevent Blindness 
1972 The Lewis S. Rosenstiel Prize, presented by Brandeis 
University 
1972 Ferrier Lecture (Royal Society of London) 
1975 The Freidenwald Award, presented by the Trustees of 
the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 
Inc. 
1976 The Grass Lecture (Society for Neuroscience) 
1977 The Karl Spencer Lashley Prize, presented by the 
American Philosophical Society 
1978 The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, presented by Columbia 
University 
1979 The Dickson Prize, presented by the University of 
Pittsburgh 
1980 The Ledlie Prize, Harvard University 
1980 Society for Scholars (Johns Hopkins University) 
1981 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
 
				 
				 
				 
				 
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