Walter Kohn
Walter Kohn
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1998
The National Medal of Science – Physical Sciences 1988
Name: Walter Kohn
Birth: 9 March, 1923, Vienna Austria
Death: 19 April, 2016, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Institution: University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Award: “for his development of the density-functional theory”
Portion of Cash: 1/2
Biography
Nat’l Medal – Physical Sciences
Books
The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: Professor of Physics
Affiliation: University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara,California 93106 USA
Gender: Male
Award Discipline: Physical Sciences
Award Year: 1988
Citation: “For his pioneering fundamental contributions to the theory of the electronic structure of solids, including the effective mass approach to defects in semiconductors, the so-called KKR method of band structure, and, most importantly, the density functional approach to the many-electron problem which has led to great advances in the understanding of bulk solids and solid surfaces.”
Presented by President Reagan in a White House ceremony on July 15, 1988.