The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
John Bardeen
Title:
Professor of Electrical Engineering & Physics
Affiliation:
University of Illinois
Urbana,Illinois USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1991
Award Discipline:
Physical Sciences
Award Year:
1965
Citation:
"For his brilliant contributions to the theory of electrical conductivity in solid materials, and especially those which led to the development of a successful theory of superconductivity."
Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 10, 1966. Note: Dr. Bardeen also received a Nobel in 1956 in Physics.
Nobel Laureate:
Physics, 1956
Physics, 1972