National Medal of Science - 1986

Check winners and nominations of 1986 National Medal of Science. Check awards winners of 1986 National Medal of Science. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

National Medal of Science for Behavioral and Social Science Herbert Simon (For his fundamental contributions to our understanding of human problem-solving behavior and decisionmaking, particularly in organizations.)
National Medal of Science for Physical Science Chen-Ning Yang (For his pathbreaking research in theoretical physics, which he has influenced for many years by his profound questions and deep mathematical insight. His ideas have had great impact not only on theoretical developments but also on experiments in elementary particles and condensed matter.)
National Medal of Science for Mathematics and Computer Science Peter Lax (For his outstanding, innovative and profound contributions to the theory of partial differential equations, applied mathematics, numerical analysis and scientific computation.)
National Medal of Science for Physical Science Buchsbaum, Solomon J. (For his wise contributions to national science and technology policy, and for his studies of solid state plasmas.)
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences Stanley Cohen (For his pioneering discovery and characterization of hormone-like growth factors which specifically control the multiplication of certain cells during growth and development.)
National Medal of Science for Physical Science Herman Feshbach (For his distinguished contributions to science as a nationally acclaimed leader in physics education by virtue of his extraordinary interest in teaching and his total commitment to scientific excellence.)
National Medal of Science for Chemistry Harry B. Gray (For his pioneering research in bioinorganic chemistry and inorganic photochemistry, and for his many contributions to chemical education.)
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences Donald Henderson (For his leading role as chief architect and implementer of the World Health Organization's successful global eradication of smallpox.)
National Medal of Science for Physical Science Robert Hofstadter (For his discovery and development of the sodium iodide scintillation counter leading to its application to spectroscopy in virtually all branches of science and technology, including imaging in medicine, and for his contributions to the understanding of the structure of elementary particles and atomic nuclei stemming from the development of the electron scattering method.)
National Medal of Science for Chemistry Yuan T. Lee (For his world leadership in the development of molecular beam techniques and their application to the study of chemical dynamics. His work has had an enormous impact on many areas of physical chemistry, especially building up a quantitative bridge between the laws of mechanics and complex macroscopic phenomena.)
National Medal of Science for Engineering Hans W. Liepmann (For his invaluable contributions to the physical sciences and engineering and their impact on the national defense and for his important theoretical and experimental advances in the areas of laminar flow, instability and transition, turbulence, shock-wave boundary layer interaction, transonic flow, aerodynamic noise, magnetofluid dynamics, and the mechanics of liquid helium.)
National Medal of Science for Engineering Tung-Yen Lin (For his work as an engineer, teacher and author whose scientific analyses, technological innovation, and visionary designs have spanned the gulf not only between science and art, but also between technology and society.)
National Medal of Science for Chemistry Carl Shipp Marvel (For leading us into the Polymer Age through his researches on polymers, including synthetic rubber; for helping us into the Space Age through his development of thermally stable polymers; for his many services to the chemical profession; and for educating and inspiring three generations of chemists.)
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle (For his fundamental research on how the brain functions in processing and perceiving the information gathered through the somatic sensory system.)
National Medal of Science for Engineering Bernard M. Oliver (For translating the most profound discoveries of physical and communication science into the electronic, radio, and computer systems which have improved our culture and enriched the lives of all Americans.)
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences George Emil Palade (For pioneering discoveries of a host of fundamental, highly organized structures in living cells through studies combining electron microscopy and biochemistry. These contributions stimulated the growth of the field of cell biology, which he continues to inspire through his own research and leadership active collaboration, and the training of new investigators.)
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences Joan A. Steitz (For her major contributions to the basic molecular biology of bacterial and mammalian cells. Her discovery of at least six new components of the cellular machinery is an accomplishment of great distinction in both basic molecular biology and in the clinical treatment of autoimmune disease.)
National Medal of Science for Chemistry Frank Westheimer (For his series of extraordinary, original and penetrating investigations of the mechanisms of organic and enzymic reactions, which have played an unequaled role in the advancement of our knowledge of the ways in which chemical and biochemical processes proceed.)
National Medal of Science for Mathematics and Computer Science Antoni Zygmund (For outstanding contributions to Fourier analysis and its applications to partial differential equations and other branches of analysis, and for his creation and leadership of the strongest school of analytical research in the contemporary mathematical world.)
National Medal of Science for Physical Science H. Richard Crane (For the first measurement of the magnetic moment and spin of free electrons and positrons.)

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1986 National Medal of Science

National Medal of Science for Behavioral and Social Science

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National Medal of Science for Mathematics and Computer Science

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National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences

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National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences

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National Medal of Science for Chemistry

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