The Latest: French officials ‘honored’ by chemistry Nobel

The Royal Academy of Sciences members, from left to right, Professor Sara Snogerup Linse, Professor Goran K Hansson and Professor Olof Ramstrom present the 2016 Nobel Chemistry Prize at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa have been awarded the Nobel chemistry prize. (Henrik Montgomery /TT via AP)

By Associated Press October 5, 2016 1 min read

STOCKHOLM (AP) – The Latest on the Nobel prize in chemistry (all times local):

12:20 p.m.

Officials at the University of Strasbourg, where Sauvage is a professor emeritus in the Institute of Science and Supramolecular Engineering, said they were overwhelmed and honored by the news. They said Sauvage plans to speak publicly in Strasbourg later Wednesday.

Sauvage’s wife, contacted by telephone, was on the verge of tears as she told people that her husband had won the prize.

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