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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

VANNEVAR BUSH

Title: Former President & Honorary Chairman, MIT Corporation
Affiliation:   Carnegie Institution of Washington
    MassachusettsUSA
Gender:   Male
Year Deceased:   1974
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Award Discipline:   Engineering
Award Year:   1963
Citation:   "For his distinguished achievements in electrical engineering, in the technology of computing machines, in the effective coupling of the physical and life sciences; and in his mobilizing science, engineering and education in enduring ways in the service of the Nation."
    Presented by President Johnson at a White House Ceremony in January 1964.

 

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