John H. van Vleck Ph.D.
John H. van Vleck Ph.D.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1977
The President’s National Medal of Science – Physical Sciences 1966
Nobel co-recipients Philip W. Anderson, Sir Nevill F. Mott
Name: John Hasbrouck van Vlec
Birth: 13 March 1899, Middletown, CT, USA
Death: 27 October 1980, Cambridge, MA, USA
Institution: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Award: “for their fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems”
Subject: condensed matter physics
Portion of Cash: 1/3
Education, Mentor, Thesis: M.A.1921 and Ph.D. 1922 Harvard University. Ph.D. advisor Edwin C. Kemble. Thesis: “calculation of the binding energy of a certain model of the helium atom”
Biography
Nat’l Medal – Physical Sciences
The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: Professor of Physics
Affiliation: Harvard University Cambridge,Massachusetts USA
Gender: Male
Year Deceased: 1980
Award Discipline: Physical Sciences
Award Year: 1966
Citation: “For his many contributions to the develoment of the theory of molecular structure and for his profound influence, through original contributions and through many brilliant students, on the theory of the magnetic and dielectric properties of materials.”
Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 6, 1967.