Notable scientists and pioneers honored at ceremony
The president lauded Dr. Peter J. W. Debye, emeritus chemist at Cornell, and Nobel laureate, for posthumous science medal. Other honorees include Dr. Clarence L. Johnson of Lockheed, designer of the U2. Dr. Warren K. Lewis of MIT for distillation and cracking. Dr. Francis P. Rous for virus theory of cancer. Dr. William W. Rubey of UCLA. plus tribute to Dryden for jet and space exploration leadership.
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University
Peter J. W. Debye
Cornell University
Clarence L. Johnson
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Warren K. Lewis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Francis P. Rous
Rockefeller Institute
William W. Rubey
U.S. Geological Ce
University of Mia
Los Angeles
Dryden
Statue of Liberty Left Arm Holds Declaration Tablet
Classified display item notes the left arm of the Statue of Liberty grasping a tablet bearing the Declaration date.
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