After years of planning, a monument in honor of all American Nobel Laureates as well as the founder of the prize, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, was unveiled on October 14 of last year in Theodore Roosevelt Park, behind the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The monument was designed by Swedish sculptor Sivert Lindblom, the leading designer of urban spaces in the city of Stockholm. This year, the engraving of the names of the 2003 American Nobel Laureates onto the monument will be unveiled and celebrated at an inscription ceremony on October 19, 2004, at 11 am.The 2003 American Nobel Laureates are Alexei A. Abrikosov and Anthony J. Leggett, Physics; Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon, Chemistry; Paul C. Lauterbur, Medicine; and Robert F. Engle, Economics.No other country in the world has more Nobel Laureates than the United States of America. To date, including this year's seven Laureates, 284 Americans have received the prestigious award. Even at this remarkable pace, there is ample room on the Nobel Monument for the inscription of new honorees for several decades to come.For more information about the Nobel Monument and the inscription ceremony, visit www.nobelmonument.comPictured: Sculptor Sivert Lindblom by the Nobel Monument in October, 2003Photo: Helén Daun Rosengren