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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

George W. Wetherill

Title:

Staff Member

Affiliation:

Carnegie Institution of Washington

Washington,District of Columbia  USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2006

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

1997

Citation:

"For his fundamental contributions to understanding measuring geological time scale and understanding how earth-like planets may be created in evolving solar systems through collisional accumulation of smaller planetary bodies."

Presented by President Bill Clinton in a ceremony in Room 450, Old Executive Office Building, on Tuesday, December 16, 1997.

 

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