1973 National Medal of Science
ROBERT RATHBUN WILSON
For unusual ingenuity in designing experiments to explore the fundamental particles of matter and in designing and constructing the machines to produce the particles, culminating in the world's most powerful particle accelerator.
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1973 National Medal of Science presented to Robert R. Wilson by President Richard M. Nixon, October 10, 1973 (1 of 3)
1973 National Medal of Science (front view) (2 of 3)
1973 National Medal of Science (back view) (3 of 3)
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1984 Enrico Fermi Award