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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Rudolf Kompfner

Title:

Professor of Applied Physics

Affiliation:

Stanford University

Stanford,California  USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

1977

Award Discipline:

Engineering

Award Year:

1974

Citation:

"For his invention of the traveling-wave tube and for major contributions to communication satellites and to optical communications."

1974 Medal presented by President Ford at a White House Ceremony on September 18, 1975.

 

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