The
President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
EDWIN M. MCMILLAN
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Professor of Physics Emeritus |
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University of California, Berkeley |
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Berkeley, California 94720 USA |
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Male
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Year Deceased: |
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1991 |
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Award Discipline: |
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Physical Sciences |
Award Year: |
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1990 |
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"For his scientific achievements including the identification of the first transuranic element (neptunium) and the invention of the phase stability principle incorporated in the synchrotron." |
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Presented by President Bush at a White House East Room Ceremony on November 13, 1990. |
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Nobel Laureate: |
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Chemistry, 1951
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