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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Eugene N. Parker

Title:

Distinguished Service Professor, Physics

Affiliation:

University of Chicago

Chicago,Illinois  USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2022

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

1989

Citation:

"For his fundamental studies of plasmas, magnetic fields, and energetic particles on all astrophysical scales; for his development of the concept of solar and stellar winds; and for his studies on the effects of magnetic fields on the solar atmosphere."

Presented by President Bush at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1989.

 

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