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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Solomon Lefschetz

Title:

Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

Affiliation:

Princeton University

Princeton,New Jersey  USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

1972

Award Discipline:

Mathematics and Computer Science

Award Year:

1964

Citation:

"For [his] indomitable leadership in developing mathematics and training mathematicians, for [his] fundamental publications in algebraic geometry and topology, and for stimulating needed research in nonlinear control processes."

Presented by President Johnson at a White House Ceremony in the East Room on February 8, 1965.

 

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