Paul C. Lauterbur Ph.D.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2003
Nobel Co-recipient Sir Peter Mansfield
The President's National Medal of Science - Physical Sciences 1987
The National Medal of Technology and Innovation 1988

Chemist. Magnetic resonance imaging.

"Every great idea in history has the red stamp of rejection on its face. If you scratch any innovation's surface, you'll find the scars: they've been roughed up and thrashed around by the masses and the leading minds before they made it into your life."

Death

Lauterbur passed away in March 2007 of kidney disease at his home in Urbana, Illinois.

Paul C. Lauterbur, 77, Dies. Obituary.Won Nobel Prize for M.R.I., The New York Times, By Kenneth Chang, March 28, 2007

Paul Lauterbur, 77; 'the father of MRI' Obituary by Thomas H. Maugh II, Times Staff Writer. Mar 28, 2007