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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Joseph O. Hirschfelder

Title:

Homer Adkins Professor of Theoretical Chemistry

Affiliation:

University of Wisconsin

Madison,Wisconsin 53706 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

1990

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

1975

Citation:

"For his fundamental contribution to atomic and molecular quantum mechanics, the theory of the rates of chemical reactions, and the structure and properties of gases and liquids."

Presented by President Ford at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1976.

 

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