The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Charles S. Draper
Title:
Head, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge,Massachusetts USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1987
Award Discipline:
Engineering
Award Year:
1964
Citation:
"For [his] innumerable imaginative engineering achievements which met urgent National needs of instrumentation, control, and guidance in aeronautics and astronautics."
Presented by President Johnson at a White House Ceremony in the East Room on February 8, 1965.