Ralph Bunche

The Nobel Peace Prize 1950

Role: Acting Mediator in Palestine, 1948, Director, division of Trusteeship, U.N., Professor, Harvard University Cambridge, MA

Nobel Prize Cash and Philanthropy

Ralph Bunche, was living with his wife and three children in a rather small home. Around 1952 he used the Nobel Prize money to buy a bigger and comfortable house from Sturm in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York. He lived in the house until his death in 1971. The house is listed as a National Historic Landmark by the US National Park Service. Ralph Bunche was the very first African in the world to be awarded the Noble Prize in any category.