Awards & Winners

1976 National Medal of Science

Check winners and nominations of 1976 National Medal of Science. Check awards winners of 1976 National Medal of Science. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences

Roger Guillemin

(For demonstrating the presence of a new class of hormones, made in the brain, that regulate the function of the pituitary gland, thereby making possible improved diagnosis and treatment of numerous endocrine disorders.)
National Medal of Science for Mathematics and Computer Science

Hassler Whitney

(For founding, and bringing to maturity, the discipline of differential topology.)
National Medal of Science for Physical Science

George Uhlenbeck

(For the major discovery, together with Samuel A. Goudsmit, of the electron spin as a source of a new quantum number.)
National Medal of Science for Engineering

Morris Cohen

(For original research and advancement of knowledge of the physical and mechanical metallurgy of iron and steel, and especially for his work on the martensitic transformation in the hardening of steel.)
National Medal of Science for Mathematics and Computer Science

Kurt Otto Friedrichs

(For bringing the powers of modern mathematics to bear on problems in physics, fluid dynamics, and elasticity.)
National Medal of Science for Engineering

Peter Carl Goldmark

(For contributions to the development of the communication sciences for education, entertainment, culture and human service.)
National Medal of Science for Physical Science

Samuel Goudsmit

(For the major discsovery, together with George E. Uhlenbeck, of the electron spin as the source of a new quantum number.)
National Medal of Science for Physical Science

Herbert S. Gutowsky

(In recognition of pioneering studies in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.)
National Medal of Science for Engineering

Erwin Wilhelm Müller

(For his invention of the field-emission microscope, the field-ion microscope, and the atom-probe microscope, which helped to resolve the atomic structures of solids.)
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences

Keith R. Porter

(For fundamental contributions to the elucidation of the fine structure of cells by electron microscopy, which has inaugurated a new era of cell biology integrating structure and function into a comprehensive picture of the life of cells.)
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences

Efraim Racker

(For major contributions to understanding the subcellular mechanism whereby oxidative and photosynthetic energy is transformed into the specific form of chemical energy used by living cells.)
National Medal of Science for Physical Science

Frederick Rossini

(For contributions to basic reference knowledge in chemical thermodynamics.)
National Medal of Science for Physical Science

Verner E. Suomi

(For providing a new view of the dynamics of our atmosphere, which already has brought substantial benefits to the people of this nation and the world.)
National Medal of Science for Physical Science

Henry Taube

(In recognition of contributions to the understanding of reactivity and reaction mechanisms in inorganic chemistry.)
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences

E. O. Wilson

(For his pioneering work on the organization of insect societies and the evolution of social behavior among insects and other animals.)