The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Luis W. Alvarez
Title:
Professor of Physics
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,California USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1988
Award Discipline:
Physical Sciences
Award Year:
1963
Citation:
"For his inspiring leadership in experimental high energy physics, continuing development of the bubble chamber, discovery of many states of elementary particles, and his contributions to National defense."
Presented by President Johnson at a White House Ceremony in January 1964.
Nobel Laureate:
Physics, 1968