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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Harold E. Edgerton

Title:

Professor Emeritus

Affiliation:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge,Massachusetts  USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

1990

Award Discipline:

Engineering

Award Year:

1973

Citation:

"For his vision and creativity in pioneering the field of stroboscopic photography and for his many inventions of instruments for exploring the great depths of the oceans."

Presented by President Nixon at a White House Ceremony on October 10, 1973.

Medal of Technology recipient

Award Year 1988

 

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