The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Mildred S. Dresselhaus
Title:
Institute Professor
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge,Massachusetts 02139 USA
Gender:
Female
Year Deceased:
2017
Award Discipline:
Engineering
Award Year:
1990
Citation:
"For her studies of the electronic properties of metals and semimetals, and for her service to the Nation in establishing a prominent place for women in physics and engineering."
Presented by President Bush at a White House East Room Ceremony on November 13, 1990.