The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Rudolf Kompfner
Title:
Professor of Applied Physics
Affiliation:
Stanford University
Stanford,California USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1977
Award Discipline:
Engineering
Award Year:
1974
Citation:
"For his invention of the traveling-wave tube and for major contributions to communication satellites and to optical communications."
1974 Medal presented by President Ford at a White House Ceremony on September 18, 1975.