| 1952 |
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Sir Hugh Stott Taylor, for research
and teaching in physical chemistry. |
| 1953 |
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Paul R. Burkholder, for the discovery
of chloromycetin. |
| 1954 |
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Karl T. Compton, for peacetime use
of atomic energy. |
| 1955 |
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Harold C. Urey, for the discovery
of deuterium. Nobel Laureate
in Chemistry 1934. |
| 1956 |
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Detlev W. Bronk, for distinguished
service to mankind through biochemistry. |
| 1957 |
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Edward Teller, for distinguished work
in nuclear physics. |
| 1958 |
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George Bogdan Kistiakowski, for work
in chemical kinetics and thermodynamics. |
| 1959 |
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Willard Frank Libby, for distinguished
contributions to the development of carbon dating.
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
1951. |
| 1960 |
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Glenn T. Seaborg, for distinguished
contributions through nuclear chemistry.
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry,
1951. |
| 1961 |
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Maurice Ewing, for distinguished contributions
in the fields of oceanography, climatology, and geothermal measurements. |
| 1962 |
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Robert B. Woodward, for
the synthesis of organic molecules. Nobel
Laureate in Chemistry 1965. |
| 1963 |
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Kenneth S. Pitzer, for work in theoretical
quantum chemistry. |
| 1964 |
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Isador I. Rabi, for work with quantum
mechanics and molecular beams. Nobel Laureate in Physics 1944. |
| 1965 |
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Joel H. Hildebrand, for research in
the fields of solubility and the structure of liquids. |
| 1966 |
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Charles H. Townes, for work in microwave
spectroscopy and masers. Nobel
Laureate in Physics 1964. |
| 1967 |
|
George W. Beadle, for work in cytology
and genetics. Nobel Laureate
in Medicine 1958. |
| 1968 |
|
Marshall W. Nirenberg, for the discovery
of the genetic code. Nobel Laureate in Medicine 1968 |
| 1969 |
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Linus C. Pauling, for research on
the nature of chemical bonding. Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1954. Nobel Peace Prize 1962. |
| 1970 |
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George Wald, for distinguished contributions
to the field of physiology of vision and biochemical evolution. Nobel Laureate in Medicine 1967. |
| 1971 |
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Margaret Mead, for distinguished contributions
to the field of anthropology. |
| 1972 |
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George C. Pimentel, for work in infared
spectroscopy and molecular structure. |
| 1973 |
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Philip H. Abelson, for geochemical
studies. |
| 1974 |
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Henry Eyring, for his contributions
to theoretical chemistry, the development of absolute reaction rate theory. |
| 1975 |
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Carl Sagan, for his contributions
to the exploration of the universe through radioastronomy. |
| 1976 |
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John G. Kemeny, for the development
of BASIC computer language. |
| 1977 |
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W. Frank Blair, for environmental
studies and ecology. |
| 1978 |
|
J. Tuzo Wilson, for distinguished
contributions in the development of plate tectonics. |
| 1979 |
|
Melvin Calvin, for work in the chemistry
of photosynthesis. Nobel Laureate
in Chemistry 1961. |
| 1980 |
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Philip Morrison, for radioastronomy
studies. |
| 1981 |
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Donald Knuth, for his work on computer
programming and the design of computerized typography. |
| 1982 |
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Peter H. Raven, for his work in systematic
botany and biogeography. |
| 1983 |
|
Stephen Jay Gould, for his contribution
to the fields of paleontology, evolutionary biology, and the history of
science. |
| 1984 |
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Hubert M. Alyea, for his contributions
to chemical education. |
| 1985 |
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Harold P. Furth, for his contributions
to plasma physics. |
| 1986 |
|
Roald Hoffmann, for his contributions
to applied theoretical chemistry.
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
1981 |
| 1987 |
|
Thomas F. Banchoff, for his contributions
to the understanding of four dimensional manifolds through computer graphics. |
| 1988 |
|
Francis H. C. Crick, for his pioneering
contributions to the field of molecular biology.
Nobel Laureate in Physics
1978. |
| 1989 |
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Arno A. Penzias, for his contributions
to radio astronomy. Nobel Laureate
in Physics 1978. |
| 1990 |
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Wallace S. Broecker, for distinguished
contributions to the field of geochemistry. |
| 1991 |
|
Harry B. Gray, for his contributions
to bio-chemical-inorganic chemistry and inorganic photochemistry. |
| 1992 |
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Solomon H. Snyder, for distinguished
contributions to the field of neuroscience. |
| 1993 |
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George Masters Woodwell for distinguished
contributions to global ecology. |
| 1994 |
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Gerald Holton, for distinguished contributions
to the welfare of mankind through the field of the history of science. |
| 1995 |
|
Marvin Minsky, for distinguished contributions
in the field of artificial intelligence. |
| 1996 |
|
Leon M. Lederman, for distinguished
contributions to our understanding of particle physics and its interaction
with cosmology. Nobel Laureate in
Physics 1988. |
| 1997 |
|
Frank Press, for contributions in
geophysics and national science policy. |
| 1998 |
|
Bruce N. Ames, for contribution to
research on mutation, cancer, and aging. |
| 1999 |
|
J. Michael Bishop, for distinguished
contributions to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of cancer.
Nobel Laureate in Physiology
and Medicine 1989. |
| 2000 |
|
Edward O. Wilson, for distinguished contributions to the field of conservation
biology. |
| 2001 |
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John H. Conway, for distinguished contributions in the field of applied
and computational mathematics. |
2002
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell, for her contributions to astrophysics, in particular her
groundbreaking discovery of pulsars. |
| 2003 |
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Orrin H. Pilkey, for distinguished research in coastal geology and public service in policy formulation and education about America's coastal resources. |
| 2004 |
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Jacqueline K. Barton,,for her groundbreaking approach to the study of DNA and understanding consequences of damage to DNA within the cell. |
| 2005 |
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Peter Agre, for his distinguished contributions to the field of biological membranes and aquaporin water channel proteins. |
| 2006 |
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David Pimentel, for his contributions in ecology and agricultural sciences.
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| 2007 |
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Vinton Cerf, for his key technical and managerial role in the creation of the Internet, in particular, for leading the development of the TCP/IP protocols. |
