Title:

Joseph Henry Professor of Physics

Affiliation:

Princeton University

Princeton,New Jersey 08540 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2008

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

1970

Citation:

"For his basic contributions to our understanding of the nuclei of atoms, exemplified by his theory of nuclear fission, and his own work and stimulus to others on basic questions of gravitational and electromagnetic phenomena."

Presented by President Nixon at a White House Ceremony on May 21, 1971.