Bardeens Honored
William Bardeen
Dr. William A. Bardeen, a member of the Fermilab Theoretical Physics Department, attended a luncheon given by the President at the White House on January 10th on the occasion of the Presentation of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Bill accepted the medal, the country's highest civilian award, on behalf of his father, Nobel Laureate John Bardeen, who was out of the country on the luncheon date. John Bardeen received a Nobel Physics Prize in 1956 for the development of the transistor and a second in 1972 for his work on superconductivity.
A notable physicist in his own right, Bill will leave Fermilab about March 1 to spend six months at the Max Planck Institute, Munich, Germany, as the recipient of a Senior U. S. Scientist Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The fellowship is given to highly qualified scientists in recognition of accomplishments in research and teaching. The Foundation seeks to foster international exchange among scholars of all scientific disciplines in the Federal Republic of Germany. Since 1972 the Foundation has administered a program in gratitude to the United States to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Marshall Plan. The award gives the recipient the opportunity to do research of his own choice in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Dr. Bardeen joined the staff of Fermilab in the fall of 1975, coming from Stanford University where he was a Professor of physics.