Title:

President Emeritus

Affiliation:

National Academy of Sciences

Washington,District of Columbia 20418 USA

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

1994

Citation:

"For his contributions to the understanding of the deepest interior of the earth and the mitigation of natural disasters, and his service in academia, as a government official, and at the National Academy of Sciences."

Presented by Vice President Gore at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Washington, DC on Monday, December 19, 1994.