Austrian Army, French Foreign Legion, and British Army reject Joseph PulitzerCame to the U.S. from Hungary in 1864; ran some newspapers and endowed the Pulitzer Prizes. |
Rilke reader Max DelbrückCame to the U.S. from Germany in 1937, seven years after completing his Ph.D. in physics; founder of molecular genetics; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1969. |
Published Poet Roald HoffmannCame to the U.S. from Poland in 1949; studied electron orbitals; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981. |
Amateur skier Rudolph A. MarcusCame to the U.S. from Canada in 1951; electron transfer theory; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992. |