Fiction | Wallace Stegner... "Angel of Repose" |
History | Carl N. Degler... "Neither Black Nor White" |
International Reporting | Peter R. Kann... "Wall Street Journal" |
National Reporting | Jack Anderson... "United Feature Syndicate" |
Public Service | "New York Times" |
The prize was divided, one half being awarded to: ANFINSEN, CHRISTIAN B., U.S.A., National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, b. 1916, d. 1995: "for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation"; and the other half jointly to: MOORE, STANFORD, U.S.A., Rockefeller University, New York, NY, b. 1913, d. 1982; and STEIN, WILLIAM H., U.S.A., Rockefeller University, New York, NY, b. 1911, d. 1980: "for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the ribonuclease molecule"
The prize was divided equally between: JOHNSON, EYVIND, Sweden, b. 1900, d. 1976: "for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom"; and MARTINSON, HARRY, Sweden, b. 1904, d. 1978: "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos"
The prize money for 1972 was allocated to the Main Fund.
The prize was awarded jointly to: EDELMAN, GERALD M., U.S.A., Rockefeller University, New York, NY, b. 1929; and PORTER, RODNEY R., Great Britain, University of Oxford, b. 1917, d. 1985: "for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies"
The prize was awarded jointly to: BARDEEN, JOHN, U.S.A., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, b. 1908, d. 1991; COOPER, LEON N., U.S.A., Brown University, Providence, RI, b. 1930; and SCHRIEFFER, J. ROBERT, U.S.A., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, b. 1931: "for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS' " theory"
Record of the Year | "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" ... Roberta Flack |
Song of the Year | "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" ... Roberta Flack |
Album of the Year | "The Concert of Bangladesh" ... George Harrison and Friends |
Male Vocalist | Nilsson ... "Without You" |
Female Vocalist | Helen Reddy ... "I Am Woman" |
Best Picture | "The Godfather" |
Best Director | Bob Fosse ... "Cabaret" |
Best Actor | Marlon Brando ... "The Godfather" |
Best Actress | Liza Minnelli ... "Cabaret" |
Single Program | "A War of Children" (CBS) |
Drama Series | "The Waltons" (CBS) |
Comedy Series | "All in the Family" (CBS) |
Limited Series | "Tom Brown's Schooldays" (PBS) |
Best Play | "Sticks and Bones" ... David Rabe |
Best Musical | "Two Gentlemen of Verona" |
Best Actor (in a play) |
Cliff Gorman ... "Lenny" |
Best Actress (in a play) |
Sada Thompson ... "Twigs" |
Best Actor (in a musical) |
Phil Silvers ... "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" |
Best Actress (in a musical) |
Alexis Smith ... "Follies" |
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