The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Hans G. Dehmelt
Title:
Professor of Physics
Affiliation:
University of Washington
Seattle,Washington USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
2017
Award Discipline:
Physical Sciences
Award Year:
1995
Citation:
"For his pioneering achievements in perfecting elecromagnetic traps for precision studies of single ions, electrons, and positrons, culminating in the measurement to unprecedented accuracy of the magnetism of the free electron and positron."
Awarded by President Clinton at a White House ceremony on October 18, 1995.
Nobel Laureate:
Physics, 1989