The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
William Maurice Ewing
Title:
Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering, The Marine Institute
Affiliation:
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston,Texas USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1974
Award Discipline:
Physical Sciences
Award Year:
1973
Citation:
"For extending and improving the methods of geology and geophysics to study the ocean floor and to understand the last remaining unexplored province of the solid earth--that which lies under the sea."
Presented by President Nixon at a White House Ceremony on October 10, 1973.