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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Walter M. Elsasser

Title:

Professor of Physics

Affiliation:

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore,Maryland 21218 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

1991

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

1987

Citation:

"For his fundamental and lasting contributions to physics, meteorology, and geophysics in establishing quantum mechanics, atmospheric radiation transfer, planetary magnetism and plate tectonics."

Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on June 25, 1987.

 

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