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National Medal of Science

FEB 01, 1965
Physics Today

Charles S. Draper, Julian Schwinger, and Harold C. Urey are among eleven scientists who have been selected by President Johnson to receive the 1964 National Medal of Science. Established by the 86th Congress, the medal is awarded on the basis of recommendations from the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science to persons who have made outstanding contributions in the physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences.

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