The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Manson Benedict
Title:
Institute Professor Emeritus
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge,Massachusetts 02139 USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
2006
Award Discipline:
Engineering
Award Year:
1975
Citation:
"For inspired and ingenious leadership in the development of gaseous diffision plants for uranium isotope separation, and for his role in creating the discipline of nuclear engineering."
Presented by President Ford at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1976.