Prof. Arthur Kornberg, noted American Jewish physician, was the recipient here tonight of the Nobel Prize in medicine from King Gustav Adolf. The ceremony took place in the Concert Hall here. Dr. Eyvini Johnson of the Swedish Academy, speaking at a banquet tonight in the Golden Hall of the Stockholm City Hall lauded Dr. Kornberg as one of the leading biochemists of this age.
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