The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Jacob A.B. Bjerknes
Title:
Professor of Meteorology
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles,California USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1975
Award Discipline:
Physical Sciences
Award Year:
1966
Citation:
"By watching and studying maps he discovered the cylone-making waves of the air and the climate-controlling changes of the sea."
Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 6, 1967.