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.