#  Society affiliates describe life as Nobel Laureates 

 





September 27, 2026

 

 

   ![L to R: Gary Ruvkun, Dudley Herschbach, and Amartya Sen](/sites/g/files/omnuum12196/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/2026-10/Nobel.png?itok=uI316jej) 

 

Former Junior Fellows [Gary Ruvkun](https://www.ruvkun.hms.harvard.edu/dr-gary-ruvkun) (1982 - 85) and [Dudley Herschbach](https://www.chemistry.harvard.edu/people/dudley-herschbach) (1957 - 59), along with Senior Fellow [Amartya Sen](https://sen.scholars.harvard.edu), spoke to the *Harvard Gazette* about how their lives changed after winning the Nobel Prize in their respective fields. Ruvkun was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2024, Herschbach the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986, and Sen the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998.

Read the full article [here](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/09/we-asked-7-laureates-did-winning-the-nobel-change-your-life/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Gazette%2020261002%20(1)&spMailingID=36387283&spUserID=MTU4MzM0Nzk1MTcwS0&spJobID=3243540241&spReportId=MzI0MzU0MDI0MQS2).



 

 

 



 

 

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