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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Peter J. W. Debye

Title:

Professor of Chemistry Emeritus

Affiliation:

Cornell University

Ithaca,New York  USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

1966

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

1965

Citation:

"For sustained contributions of major concepts of modern chemistry and especially for the application of physical methods to the understanding of large molecules and their interaction in solution."

Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 10, 1966.

Nobel Laureate:

Chemistry, 1936

 

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