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George Kistiakowsky

Ukrainian-American physical chemistry professor · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1900 to 1982 · aged 82

George Bogdanovich Kistiakowsky was a Ukrainian-American physical chemistry professor at Harvard who participated in the Manhattan Project and later served as President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Science Advisor.

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1982Died7 December 19821972Franklin MedalAwardPriestley MedalAward1968Peter Debye Award in Physical ChemistryAward1967National Medal of ScienceAward1961Centenary PrizeAwardCharles Lathrop Parsons AwardAward1960Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1947William H. Nichols MedalAward1900Born18 November 1900

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Awards

Franklin Medal1972
Priestley Medal1972
Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry1968
National Medal of Science1967
Centenary Prize1961
Charles Lathrop Parsons Award1961
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1960
William H. Nichols Medal1947
Willard Gibbs Award
Fellow of the American Physical Society

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Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1982 · aged 82

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