Paul C.
Lauterbur
Professor, College of Medicine
University of Illinois
1987
Physics
For first proposing and demonstrating the use of nuclear magnetic resonance to form images, and for his continuing contributions to the development of this method for safely producing exquisitely detailed images of the interior of the body for use in medical research and clinical diagnosis.
Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on June 25, 1987.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2003