The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011
"for the discovery of quasicrystals."
Nobel Medal Cash and Charity
Dan Shechtman stated that he would use the Nobel Prize cash of $1.45 million for his grandchildren's education.
Name: Dan Shechtman
Birth: 24 January 1941, Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel)
Affiliation: Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Award: "for the discovery of quasicrystals."
Portion of Cash: 1/1
Nobel Medal Cash and Charity