Stock Photo - Oct 12, 1968; Stockholm, Sweden; Dr. LUIS W. ALVAREZ was born in San Francisco, Calif., on June 13, 1911. He received his B.Sc. from the University of Chicago in 1932, a M.Sc. and his Ph.D. Dr. Alvarez joined the Radiation Laboratory of the University of California in 1936. He was on leave at the Radiation Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1940 to 1943, at the Metallurgical Laboratory of the University of Chicago in 1943-1944. Picture shows him at Nobelprizes speech to the students. In the left YASUNARI KAWABATA, Dr. HOLLEY, Dr. KHORANA and Dr. NIRENBERG with wife among other. (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)