Jacob A.B. Bjerknes
Jacob A.B. Bjerknes
National Medal of Science – Chemistry 1966
Name: Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes
Birth: 2 November, 1897
Death: 7 July, 1975
Award: Physical Sciences
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, CA USA
Title: Professor of Meterology
Citation: “By watching and studying maps he discovered the cylone-making waves of the air and the climate-controlling changes of the sea.”
Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 6, 1967.
Biography
Nat’l Medal Sciences
The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: Professor of Meteorology
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles,California USA
Gender: Male
Year Deceased: 1975
Award Discipline: Physical Sciences
Award Year: 1966
Citation: “By watching and studying maps he discovered the cylone-making waves of the air and the climate-controlling changes of the sea.”
Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 6, 1967.