The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
John H. Van Vleck
Title:
Professor of Physics
Affiliation:
Harvard University
Cambridge,Massachusetts USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1980
Award Discipline:
Physical Sciences
Award Year:
1966
Citation:
"For his many contributions to the develoment of the theory of molecular structure and for his profound influence, through original contributions and through many brilliant students, on the theory of the magnetic and dielectric properties of materials."
Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 6, 1967.
Nobel Laureate:
Physics, 1977