
Roger W. Sperry
Wolf Prize Laureate in Medicine 1979

The Wolf Foundation Prize Committee in Medicine has decided that the Prize in Medicine for 1979 shall be equally shared by Roger W. Sperry, Oleh Hornykiewicz and Arvid Carlsson.
Roger W. Sperry
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California, USA
“for his studies on the functional differentiation of the right and left hemispheres of the brain.”
These scientists had made outstanding contributions in brain physiology and physio-pathology.
Professor Roger W. Sperry is honored for his studies on the functional differentiation of the right and left hemispheres of the brain. Since 1954, Professor at the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Sperry is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, The Royal Society and others. He received honorary doctorates from Cambridge University (1972) and from the University of Chicago (1976), and was elected California Scientist of the Year in 1972.
