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.