The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Lyman Spitzer, Jr
Title:
Professor of Astronomy
Affiliation:
Princeton University
Princeton,New Jersey USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1997
Award Discipline:
Physical Sciences
Award Year:
1979
Citation:
"For important contributions to the theory of star formation and evolving stellar systems and plasma physics, including use of fusion as a source of energy."
Presented by President Carter at a White House Ceremony on January 14, 1980.