Torsten Wiesel

Torsten Wiesel
Torsten Wiesel
	Wiesel in 2010
7th President of Rockefeller University
	In office; 1991–1998
Preceded by	David Baltimore
Succeeded by	Arnold J. Levine
Personal details
Born	Torsten Nils Wiesel; 3 June 1924; Uppsala, Sweden
Spouses	Teeri Stenhammar (m. 1956; div. 1970); Ann Yee (m. 1973; div. 1981); Jean Stein (m. 1995; div. 2007); Lizette Mususa Reyes (m. 2008);
Children	1
Alma mater	Karolinska Institute
Known for	Visual system
Awards	Karl Spencer Lashley Award (1977); Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1978); Dickson Prize (1980); Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1981); ForMemRS (1982); National Medal of Science (2005);
	Scientific career
Institutions	Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Rockefeller University; Harvard University;

Torsten Nils Wiesel (born 3 June 1924) is a Swedish neurophysiologist. With David H. Hubel, he received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was shared with Roger W. Sperry for his independent research on the cerebral hemispheres.

Torsten Wiesel
Wiesel in 2010

7th President of Rockefeller University
In office 1991–1998
Preceded by	David Baltimore
Succeeded by	Arnold J. Levine

Personal details
Born	Torsten Nils Wiesel (1924-06-03) 3 June 1924 Uppsala, Sweden
Spouses	Teeri Stenhammar (m. 1956; div. 1970) Ann Yee (m. 1973; div. 1981) Jean Stein (m. 1995; div. 2007) Lizette Mususa Reyes (m. 2008)
Children	1

Alma mater	Karolinska Institute
Known for	Visual system
Awards	Karl Spencer Lashley Award (1977) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1978) Dickson Prize (1980) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1981) ForMemRS (1982) National Medal of Science (2005)
Scientific career
Institutions	Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Rockefeller University Harvard University