Merchant marine sailor Saul BellowCame to the U.S. from Canada in 1924; Nobel Prize in Literature 1976. |
Flute player Jack SteinbergerCame to the U.S. from Germany in 1934; proved existence of muon-associated neutrino and married former student; Nobel Prize in Physics 1988. |
Amateur lepidopterist Vladimir NabokovCame to the U.S. from Russia in 1940; supporter of the Vietnam War and Richard Nixon; wrote a screenplay for Peter Sellers. |
Ratatouille Chef Walter KohnCame to the U.S. from Austria in 1940; enjoyed semiconductor physics; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1998. |