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From Stockholm, the wife of the Nobel laureate in economics Paul Milgrom watched through closed-circuit television cameras how her colleague Robert Wilson woke her husband at Stanford (USA) to announce the award.
After announcing on October 12 the Swedish State Bank prizes in memory of Alfred Nobel in economics, the Nobel Committee was unable to contact one of the winners: American economist and Stanford University professor Paul Milgrom.
About this university reported On twitter.
“The Nobel Committee was unable to contact Paul Milgrom to share the news of his victory, so his fellow winner and neighbor Robert Wilson knocked on his door in the middle of the night,” the tweet read.
The university released a video shot by a closed-circuit television camera near Milgrom’s gate. It shows a man and a woman knocking on the door announcing victory in the competition for the prize.
Later at Stanford University saying on Twitter that Wilson rang Milgrom’s bell at 2.15 a.m. local time (it was 11.15 a.m. in Stockholm at the time).
“Milgrom’s wife, who is in Stockholm, received a notification from a surveillance camera on her phone. She had to watch live when Wilson told Milgrom that he had won the Nobel Prize,” explained Stanford.
When Robert Wilson rang Paul Milgrom’s doorbell at 2:15 this morning, Milgrom’s wife, who is in Stockholm, received a notification from the security camera on her phone. She was able to watch live as Wilson told Milgrom that he had won the #Nobel Prize.
– Stanford University (@Stanford) October 12, 2020
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Americans Milgrom and Wilson for improving auction theory and inventing new auction formats. “Its discoveries have benefited sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world,” the committee said in a statement.
The size of the Alfred Nobel Prize in Memory of the Swedish State Bank, like the Nobel Prize, in 2020 is 10 million Swedish crowns (about $ 1.12 million).
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