The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Walter M. Elsasser
Title:
Professor of Physics
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore,Maryland 21218 USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1991
Award Discipline:
Physical Sciences
Award Year:
1987
Citation:
"For his fundamental and lasting contributions to physics, meteorology, and geophysics in establishing quantum mechanics, atmospheric radiation transfer, planetary magnetism and plate tectonics."
Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on June 25, 1987.