However, the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] protested, as Bolhuis had been "teaching about" both creation and evolution.
However, the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] protested, as Bolhuis had been "teaching about" both creation and evolution.
Subsequent media pressure resulted in the decision to not give Bolhuis the award.<ref>Bergman, 1984, pp.25 & 26.</ref>
Subsequent media pressure resulted in the decision to not give Bolhuis the award.<ref>Bergman, 1984, pp.25 & 26.</ref>
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==== Raymond Damadian ====
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Secular journalist Rick Weiss, writing in Smithsonian Magazine (Dec. 2003) suggests Raymond Damadian was denied a Nobel prize for inventing MRI because of his belief in young earth creation.<ref>Creation Evolution Headlines, February 9, 2004, David F. Coppedge. Was the Nobel Denied to a Creationist?[https://crev.info/2004/02/was_the_nobel_denied_to_a_creationist/]</ref> In addition to denying Damadian the prize, they censored any mention of him in their accompanying notes on the MRI invention.