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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Robert K. Merton

Title:

University Professor Emeritus, Columbia University andFoundation Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation

Affiliation:

Columbia University

415 Fayerweather Hall

New York,New York 10027 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2003

Award Discipline:

Behavioral and Social Science

Award Year:

1994

Citation:

"For founding the sociology of science and for his pioneering contributions to the study of social life, especially the self-fulfilling prophecy and the unintended consequences of social action."

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

 

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