Nobel Prize Winner

Just want to share with all of you about this new Nobel Physics prize winner Charles K. Kao. He is a Chinese, UK and American citizen. He is only 75 and now lives at home with his wife in Calif. If you notice it in the Nobel prize web site, you will find that he is unable to be interviewed after being awarded this great prize this week.

Dr. Kao has early/moderate Alzheimer's. When he was first told that he got the prize by his wife this week, his first reaction was mentioning the name of the first Chinese Nobel Physics Prize winner long time ago. All his friends said it is a shame that he can no longer really understand this but he is happy knowing this honor is for him! He and his wife will go to the ceremony in Dec. He seems to have some pieces of memory but he forgot what he did. His interview in 2004 by IEEE (written in the Nobel Prize web site) was very detailed. In a way it is sad that Dr. Kao is unable to uinderstand what he has been awarded but it is also not so bad that he is still able to express his joy at this time.

The friends all said if he had been awarded this a year earlier, he would have known better. This award came 20 years later after his achievement.He shares this award with 2 other Americans.

It is so hard to understand why anyone including Nobel Prize winner can have Alzheimer's as well. My FIL is MD PhD and he also has moderate/severe AD. It is not just about brain exercise. These people have spent their lifetime using their brain. Yet they also have Alzheimer's.

It is so important to find a cure for AD. Apparently, everyone can be prone to AD when he/she gets old. We are all in the same boat.

Nina