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Honors And Awards

JUN 01, 1949
Medals for merit; Industrial Research Institute; Cyrus B. Comstock Prize; Stalin Prize; Sigma Xi; IRE; Geophysical Observatory; Chamber of Commerce.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3066545

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Three California Institute of Technology scientists, Robert A. Millikan, Clark B. Millikan, and Louis G. Dunn, have received Presidential Medals for Merit awards, the highest given by the government for civilian participation in World War II.

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Volume 2, Number 6

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