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Adler, Stephen L.

Aeppli, Gabriel

Almy, Gerald Marks, 1904-

Al'tshuler, B. L.

Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-

Armstrong, J. A. (John A.)

Arnowitt, Richard

Bahcall, John N.

Bainbridge, Kenneth T. (Kenneth Tompkins), 1904-1996

Balluffi, R. W.

Bardeen, James Maxwell, 1939-

Barton, Henry Askew, 1898-1983

Baym, Gordon

Beasley, Malcolm

Benedek, George Bernard, 1928-

Bennett, Charles L. (Charles Leonard), 1956-

Bersohn, Richard, 1925-2003

Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005

Bienenstock, Arthur

Biondi, Manfred Anthony, 1924-

Birch, Francis, 1903-1992

Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-

Bitter, Francis, 1902-1967

Bjorken, James D.

Bloembergen, N.

Blume, Martin, 1932-

Bode, Hendrik W. (Hendrik Wade), 1905-1982

Branscomb, Lewis M., 1926-

Brenner, Howard

Bridgman, P. W. (Percy Williams), 1882-1961

Brooks, Charles Franklin, 1891-1958

Brooks, Harvey

Buchsbaum, Solomon J.

Bucksbaum, Philip H.

Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974

Cahn, John W., 1928-

Callen, Herbert B.

Campbell, David K.

Cardona, Manuel, 1934-

Carrier, George F.

Case, Kenneth M.

Cava, Robert J.

Chandler, David, 1944-

Charney, Jule G.

Chaudhari, Praveen, 1937-

Chen, Francis F., 1929-

Chodorow, Marvin

Clark, N. A. (Noel Anthony), 1940-

Clogston, Albert McCavour

Coleman, Sidney, 1937-2007

Collins, Samuel C. (Samuel Cornette)

Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954

Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978

Cool, Rodney L. (Rodney Lee), 1920-1988

Coolidge, William David, 1873-1975

Coppersmith, Susan Nan

Coppi, B.

Dalgarno, A.

Daniels, Farrington, 1889-1972

Darlington, Sidney, 1906-1997

Dashen, Roger F.

David, Edward E.

Davidson, Ronald C.

Deser, S. (Stanley)

Deutsch, Martin, 1917-2002

DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923-2004

Dicke, Robert H. (Robert Henry)

DiSalvo, Francis

Draper, C. S. (Charles Stark)

Dresselhaus, M. S.

Eastman, Dean E. (Dean Eric)

Edgerton, Harold Eugene, 1903-1990

Emmons, H. W. (Howard W.)

Enge, Harald A.

Everhart, Thomas E.

Fair, W. F. (William Francis), Jr.,

Feenberg, Eugene

Feigenbaum, Mitchell, 1944-2019

Feshbach, Herman

Fetter, Alexander L., 1937-

Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988

Fisch, N. J.

Fisk, James B. (James Brown), 1910-1981

Fisk, Zachary

Fleury, Paul A.

Fortson, E. Norval

Fowler, Alan, 1928-

Freedman, Daniel Z.

Friedman, Jerome I. (Jerome Isaac), 1930-

Frosch, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1928-

Furry, W. H. (Wendell Hinkle), 1907-

Furth, H. P.

Gabrielse, Gerald

Gallagher, Thomas F., 1944-

Galt, John Kirtland, 1920-

Gates, S. James

Geller, Margaret J.

Gell-Mann, Murray

Georgi, Howard

Giacconi, Riccardo

Glashow, Sheldon L.

Glauber, Roy J., 1925-

Glimm, James

Goldman, Allen M.

Goldstone, Jeffrey

Gollub, J. P., 1944-2019

Goodenough, John B.

Gossard, A. C.

Griggs, David, 1911-1974

Guth, Alan H.

Gutowsky, Herbert Sander, 1919-

Halperin, Bertrand I.

Hamann, Donald, 1939-

Haurwitz, Bernhard

Haus, Hermann A.

Helmholz, August Carl, 1915-2003

Herschbach, Dudley R.

Hohenberg, Pierre C.

Holdren, John P.

Howard, Louis N.

Hunsaker, Jerome C. (Jerome Clarke), 1886-1984

Hutchisson, Elmer, 1902-

Huth, John Edward

Iachello, F.

Isaacs, Eric D.

Jackiw, Roman W.

Jackson, John David, 1925-2016

Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-

Jaffe, Arthur, 1937-

Javan, Ali, 1926-

Joannopoulos, J. D. (John D.), 1947-

Kadanoff, Leo P.

Karle, Jerome

Kaspi, Victoria Michelle, 1967-

Kastner, Marc A.

Kemble, Edwin C. (Edwin Crawford), 1889-

Kendall, Henry W. (Henry Way), 1926-1999

Kennel, Charles F., 1939-

Kent, R. H. (Robert Harrington), 1886-1961

Ketterle, Wolfgang

Keyes, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1885-1976

Killian, T. J. (Thomas Joseph), 1905-

Kirkwood, John Gamble, 1907-1959

Kistiakowsky, George B. (George Bogdan), 1900-1982

Kittel, Charles

Kivelson, Steven

Klein, Martin J.

Kleppner, Daniel

Kohn, Walter, 1923-2016

Koonin, Steven E.

Kraichnan, Robert H., 1928-2008

Kraushaar, William L.

Lambert, Walter D. (Walter Davis), 1879-

Landauer, Rolf William, 1927-1999

Lang, Norton D.

Laughlin, Robert B.

Lax, Benjamin

Lax, Melvin J.

Leaderman, Herbert,

Lee, David M.

Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-

Lieb, Elliott H.

Lin, C. C. (Chia-Chʻiao), 1916-2013

Livingston, M. Stanley (Milton Stanley)

Loomis, Alfred L. (Alfred Lee), 1887-1975

Loomis, F. W. (Francis Wheeler), 1889-1976

Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007

Lubensky, T. C.

Lumley, John L. (John Leask), 1930-

Luttinger, Joaquin M.

Lyman, Theodore, 1874-1954

MacDonald, Gordon J. (Gordon James), 1929-2002

Macdonald, J. Ross (James Ross), 1923-

Mackey, George W. (George Whitelaw), 1916-2006

Mahan, Gerald D.

Mandelbrot, Benoît B.

Martin, Paul Cecil, 1931-

Maxworthy, T. (Tony)

McCoy, Barry M.

McKee, Christopher, 1942-

Menzel, Donald H. (Donald Howard), 1901-1976

Mermin, N. David

Merzbacher, Eugen

Meservey, Robert, 1921-

Metzner, A. B.

Meyer, Robert B.

Millis, Andrew J.

Molina, Mario J.

Moodera, Jagadeesh

Morrison, Philip

Morse, Marston, 1892-1977

Morse, Philip M. (Philip McCord), 1903-1985

Mottelson, Ben R.

Mulliken, Robert Sanderson

Murray, Cherry Ann

Nelson, Ann E. (Ann Elizabeth)

Nelson, David R., 1951-

Noyce, Robert N. (Robert Norton), 1927-1990

Oddone, Piermaria J.

Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967

Orowan, E. (Egon), 1902-1989

Page, Lyman A.

Pake, G. E. (George Edward)

Palmer, Frederic, 1878-1967

Pekeris, C. L. (Chaim Leib), 1908-1993

Perlmutter, Saul

Phillips, William D. (William Daniel), 1948-

Pierce, George Washington, 1872-1956

Politzer, H. David, 1949-

Porkolab, Miklos

Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-

Pound, Robert V.

Press, Frank, 1924-

Pritchard, David E. (David Edward), 1941-

Purcell, Edward M.

Quinn, Helen R.

Ramsey, Norman, 1915-2011

Randall, Lisa

Raney, William P.

Rasmussen, Norman C.

Reynolds, John Hamilton, 1923-2000

Rice, Oscar Knefler, 1903-1978

Richards, Paul L. (Paul Linford)

Richter, Burton, 1931-2018

Riess, Adam, 1969-

Rosenbluth, M. N.

Rosner, Robert

Rossby, Carl-Gustaf

Rossi, Bruno, 1905-1993

Rubbia, Carlo, 1934-

Sachs, Allan M. (Allan Maxwell), 1921-1989

Saunders, Frederick A. (Frederick Albert), 1875-1963

Schiff, Leonard I. (Leonard Isaac), 1915-1971

Schmidt, Brian, 1967-

Schramm, David N.

Schrieffer, J. R. (John Robert), 1931-

Schulz, George J., 1925-

Schwarz, John H.

Schwinger, Julian, 1918-1994

Segal, Irving Ezra

Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff)

Shapiro, Marjorie

Shen, Y. R.

Shockley, William, 1910-1989

Shull, Clifford Glenwood

Slater, John C. (John Clarke), 1900-1976

Slepian, Joseph, 1891-

Slichter, Charles P.

Slichter, Louis B. (Louis Byrne), 1896-1978

Smoot, George

Sorokin, Peter P.

Spicer, W. E. (William E.)

Sprouse, Gene D.

Stanley, H. Eugene (Harry Eugene), 1941-

Steinhardt, Paul J.

Steitz, Thomas A.

Stever, H. Guyford

Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994

Street, Jabez Curry, 1906-

Strominger, Andrew Eben

Stubbs, Christopher

Tarter, C. Bruce

Taylor, Joseph H. (Joseph Hooton)

Tedrow, Paul, 1940-

Terman, Frederick Emmons, 1900-1982

Ting, S. C. C. (Samuel Chao-chung), 1936-

Tinkham, Michael

Tolman, Richard C. (Richard Chace), 1881-1948

Tousey, Richard

Townes, Charles H.

Truesdell, C. (Clifford), 1919-2000

Vafa, Cumrun

Van de Graaf, Robert Jemison, 1901-1967

Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980

Vineyard, G. H.

Von Bekesy, Georg, 1899-1972

Walecka, John Dirk, 1932-

Warburton, Ernest Keeling

Watkins, George D.

Waymouth, John F., 1926-

Webster, David Locke, 1888-1976

Weeks, John David

Weinberg, Erick J.

Weinberg, Steven, 1933-

Weiss, Rainer

Weisskopf, Victor Frederick, 1908-2002

Weitz, David A.

White, Robert M., 1938-

Wieman, C. E. (Carl Edwin)

Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994

Wilczek, Frank

Willett, Robert L.

Wilson, Kenneth G. (Kenneth Geddes), 1936-2013

Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936-

Wineland, David J.

Wojcicki, Stanley G., 1937-

Wood, Robert Williams, 1868-1955

Wu, Tai Tsun

Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach, 1905-1986

Zener, Clarence, 1905-

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