The father of scientist Walter Alvarez recived a Nobel Prize in Physics in what year?
3581 Alvarez:  The asteroid is named after planetary scientist Walter Alvarez and his Nobel-prize winning father, physicist Luis Alvarez. Luis Walter Alvarez: Luis Walter Alvarez (June 13, 1911 – September 1, 1988) was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968.
1968