Abelson, Philip Hauge

  1. Abelson, Philip Hauge
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1913, Apr. 27 Born, Tacoma, Wash. 1935 M.S., Washington State University, Pullman, Wash. 1936 Married Neva Martin (died 2000) 1939 Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Calif. Identified products of uranium fission 1940 Codiscoverer with Edwin M. McMillan of Element 93 (Neptunium) 1941 1945 Associate physicist, physicist, senior physicist, and principal physicist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 1945 Awarded U.S. Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Medal 1946 1953 Chairman, Biophysics Section, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. 1953 1971 Director, Geophysics Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. 1959 Elected to National Academy of Sciences 1960 1963 General Advisory Committee, Atomic Energy Commission 1962 1984 Editor, Science magazine 1968 1981 Council member, National Academy of Sciences, with a seven-year absence from 1971 to 1978 1971 1978 President and trustee, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. 1972 Awarded Kalinga Prize, UNESCO 1978 1980 Chairman, Board of Trustees, Bio-Energy Council 1984 Received Distinguished Public Service Award, National Science Foundation

From the guide to the Philip Hauge Abelson Papers, 1939-2002, (bulk 1970-1989), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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