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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

George C. Pimentel

Title:

Director, Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics

Affiliation:

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley,California 94720 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

1989

Award Discipline:

Chemistry

Award Year:

1983

Citation:

"For his varied and ingenious use of infrared spectroscopy to study chemical bonding and molecular dynamics, and for his discovery of the first chemically pumped laser, which has had strong scientific impact as well as practical applications."

Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on February 27, 1985.

 

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