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The Elliot Cresson medal
1976 Awards
by The Franklin Institute Presented November 10, 1976 The Elliott Cresson Medal (Founded in 1848)
This medal is awarded for discovery or original research, adding to the sum of human knowledge, irrespective of commercial value; leading and practical utiJizations of discovery; and invention, methods or producrs embodying substantial elements of leadership in their respective classes, or unusual skill or perfection in workmanship. To LEON M. LEDERMAN,HIGGINS PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS,COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,IRVINGTON, NEW YORK.
“For his pioneering and productive work in studying high-energy interactions with a wide variety of experimental techniques; for his fundamental contributions in the continuing large-scale effort toward understanding nuclear forces; and for his leadership at the forefront of experimentation in particle physics.”
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by The Franklin Institute Presented November 10, 1976 The Elliott Cresson Medal (Founded in 1848)
This medal is awarded for discovery or original research, adding to the sum of human knowledge, irrespective of commercial value; leading and practical utiJizations of discovery; and invention, methods or producrs embodying substantial elements of leadership in their respective classes, or unusual skill or perfection in workmanship. To LEON M. LEDERMAN,HIGGINS PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS,COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,IRVINGTON, NEW YORK.
“For his pioneering and productive work in studying high-energy interactions with a wide variety of experimental techniques; for his fundamental contributions in the continuing large-scale effort toward understanding nuclear forces; and for his leadership at the forefront of experimentation in particle physics.”
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