The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Dudley R. Herschbach
Title:
Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science
Affiliation:
Harvard University
Chemistry Department
Cambridge,Massachusetts 02138 USA
Gender:
Male
Award Discipline:
Chemistry
Award Year:
1991
Citation:
"For his seminal contributions to the fundamental understanding of reactions of atoms and molecules, collision by collision."
Presented by President Bush at a White House Rose Garden Ceremony on September 16, 1991.
Nobel Laureate:
Chemistry, 1986