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1980's Laureates

Gustavus J. Simmons, 1986

National Security: For important contributions to national security through command and control in the use of nuclear weapons, through the application of the most sophisticated mathematics to positive use control and verification, especially in establishing the field of authentication as a central element of public key cryptography.

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