Elias James Corey is an American organic chemist. In 1990, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis", specifically retrosynthetic analysis. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1990, announced October 17, 1990. Elias James Corey, “for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis”. Elias James Corey: born 1928, Methuen, MA, USA. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).