Don L. Anderson Ph.D.
Don L. Anderson Ph.D.
National Medal of Science – Physical Sciences 1998
Name: Donald L. Anderson
Birth: 5 March, 1933
Death: 2 December, 2014
Institution: California Institute of Technology
Award: “For his leading contributions to understanding the composition, structure, and dynamics of Earth and Earth-like planets, and his influence on the advancement of Earth sciences over the past three decades nationally and internationally.”
Presented by President William Jefferson Clinton in a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, April 27, 1999.
Title: Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Geophysics
Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
California Institute of Technology
The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Geophysics
Affiliation: California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory
Gender: Male
Year Deceased: 2014
Award Discipline: Physical Sciences
Award Year: 1998
Citation: “For his leading contributions to understanding the composition, structure, and dynamics of Earth and Earth-like planets, and his influence on the advancement of Earth sciences over the past three decades nationally and internationally.”
Presented by President William Jefferson Clinton in a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, April 27, 1999.