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Acrivos, A.

Adler, Stephen L.

Aharonov, Yakir, 1932-

Aizenman, Michael

Al'tshuler, B. L.

Anderson, A. G. (Arthur George), 1926-

Anderson, Carl D. (Carl David), 1905-1991

Anderson, Herbert Lawrence

Appelbaum, J. A. (Joel A.)

Arnowitt, Richard

Aronson, Samuel, 1942-

Ashkin, Arthur, 1922-

Bahcall, John N.

Barton, Henry Askew, 1898-1983

Baym, Gordon

Bederson, Benjamin

Benedek, George Bernard, 1928-

Bernstein, Ira B.

Bersohn, Richard, 1925-2003

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

Bienenstock, Arthur

Birge, Raymond T. (Raymond Thayer), 1887-

Bitter, Francis, 1902-1967

Blume, Martin, 1932-

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

Bohr, Aage

Booth, Eugene

Breit, Gregory, 1899-1981

Brenner, Howard

Brillouin, Léon, 1889-1969

Brown, Harold, 1927-2019

Buckley, Oliver Ellsworth, 1887-1959

Burstein, Elias, 1917-2017

Case, Kenneth M.

Casten, R.

Chaikin, Paul M.

Chandler, David, 1944-

Christ, Norman

Chu, Ching-wu, 1941-

Clauser, John F. (John Francis), 1942-

Cole, Julian D.

Coleman, Bernard D. (Bernard David), 1930-

Commins, Eugene D.

Conwell, Esther M. (Esther Marley), 1922-2014

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

Cooper, Leon N. (Leon Neil), 1930-

Courant, Richard, 1888-1972

Cummins, Herman Z., 1933-

Darlington, Sidney, 1906-1997

Darrow, Karl K. (Karl Kelchner), 1891-

Dash, J. G., 1923-

Datz, Sheldon

Davis, Bergen, 1869-1958

Davis, Stephen H., 1939-

Davisson, Clinton Joseph, 1881-1958

Denn, Morton M., 1939-

Deser, S. (Stanley)

Devons, Samuel

Dresselhaus, M. S.

Dunning, John R. (John Ray), 1907-1975

Eastman, Dean E. (Dean Eric)

Ehrlich, Gert

Esaki, Reona, 1925-

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

Falcone, Roger W.

Feenberg, Eugene

Feibelman, Peter J.

Feigenbaum, Mitchell, 1944-2019

Feinberg, Gerald, 1933-

Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954

Feshbach, Herman

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

Fisk, Zachary

Fitch, Val L., 1923-2015

Fletcher, Harvey, 1884-1981

Fletcher, James Chipman, 1919-1991

Foley, Henry Michael, 1917-1982

Friedrichs, K. O. (Kurt Otto), 1901-1983

Frieman, E. A.

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

Gaillard, Mary K.

Garwin, Richard L.

Gell-Mann, Murray

Glashow, Sheldon L.

Glauber, Roy J., 1925-

Glimm, James

Goldman, Allen M.

Goodman, Charles D.

Grad, Harold, 1923-

Guth, Alan H.

Halperin, Bertrand I.

Happer, William, 1939-

Hauptman, Herbert A. (Herbert Aaron), 1917-2011

Haurwitz, Bernhard

Henley, Ernest M.

Hershkowitz, N. (Noah), 1941-

Hilberry, Norman, 1899-

Hofstadter, Robert, 1915-1990

Hohenberg, Pierre C.

Holstein, Theodore David, 1915-1985

Horn, Paul (Paul M.)

Hughes, Vernon W.

Hulse, R. A.

Hutchisson, Elmer, 1902-

Ives, Herbert Eugene, 1882-1953

Jaffe, Arthur, 1937-

Javan, Ali, 1926-

Jewett, Frank B. (Frank Baldwin), 1879-1949

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

Kadanoff, Leo P.

Kahn, Steven Michael

Kantrowitz, Arthur

Karle, Jerome

Kelly, Mervin Joe

Kittel, Charles

Klebanoff, P. S.

Klein, Martin J.

Kleppner, Daniel

Koonin, Steven E.

Kraichnan, Robert H., 1928-2008

Kroll, Norman Myles, 1922-

Kruskal, Martin D. (Martin David), 1925-2006

Kusch, Polykarp, 1911-1993

Lamb, Willis E. (Willis Eugene), 1913-2008

Landau, L. D. (Lev Davidovich), 1908-1968

Langmuir, Irving, 1881-1957

Lax, Benjamin

Lax, Melvin J.

Lebowitz, Joel Louis, 1930-

Lederman, Leon M.

Lee, T. D., 1926-

Libchaber, Albert J.

Loeb, Leonard B. (Leonard Benedict), 1891-

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

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

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

Luttinger, Joaquin M.

Marburger, John H., III (John Harmen), 1941-2011

Markovitz, Hershel, 1921-2006

Marshak, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1916-1992

Martin, Paul Cecil, 1931-

Mayer, Joseph Edward, 1904-

Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972

McGroddy, James C.

Meyerson, B.

Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953

Millis, Andrew J.

Mindlin, Raymond D. (Raymond David), 1906-1987

Moser, Jürgen, 1928-

Nagamiya, S. (Shoji)

Nagel, Sidney R.

Nierenberg, William Aaron, 1919-2000

Novick, Robert

Nuckolls, John Hopkin

Nygren, David R.

Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967

Pegram, George Braxton, 1876-1958

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

Penzias, Arno A.

Peoples, John, Jr.

Perl, Martin L., 1927-2014

Perrin, Jean, 1870-1942

Pfann, William G.

Phillips, Melba, 1907-2004

Pinczuk, Aron

Piore, Emanuel Ruben, 1908-2000

Politzer, H. David, 1949-

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

Press, Frank, 1924-

Primakoff, H. (Henry), 1914-1983

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

Rabi, I. I. (Isidor Isaac), 1898-1988

Rainwater, L. James (Leo James), 1917-1986

Ramsey, Norman, 1915-2011

Randall, Lisa

Reines, Frederick, 1918-1998

Richter, Burton, 1931-2018

Rubbia, Carlo, 1934-

Ruderman, Malvin A.

Rudnick, Isadore, 1917-

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

Samios, Nicholas P.

Sarachik, Myriam P.

Schriesheim, Alan

Schwartz, Melvin, 1932-2006

Schwinger, Julian, 1918-1994

Sciulli, Frank J.

Segal, Irving Ezra

Seitz, Frederick, 1911-2008

Serber, R. (Robert)

Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff)

Shull, Clifford Glenwood

Simha, Robert, 1912-2008

Simpson, John A. (John Alexander), 1916-2000

Spencer, Thomas, 1946-

Spruch, Larry

Stein, Richard S.

Steinberger, J.

Störmer, Horst

Susskind, Leonard

Swinney, H. L., 1939-

Thomas, Llewellyn Hilleth, 1903-1992

Tobolsky, Arthur Victor

Townes, Charles H.

Treiman, Sam B.

Turkevich, Anthony, 1916-2002

Uhlenbeck, George Eugène, 1900-1988

Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-1981

Wald, Robert M.

Weinberg, Erick J.

Weinberg, Steven, 1933-

Wick, G. C. (Gian Carlo)

Wilczek, Frank

Wu, C. S. (Chien-shiung), 1912-1997

Yalow, Rosalyn S. (Rosalyn Sussman), 1921-2011

Yukawa, Hideki, 1907-1981

Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach, 1905-1986

Zimm, Bruno Hasbrouck, 1920-2005

Zinn, Walter H. (Walter Henry), 1906-2000

Zumino, B. (Bruno), 1923-

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American Institute of Physics

American Physical Society

American Vacuum Society

City University of New York. City College. Physics Department

College of the City of New York (1926-1961). City College. Physics Department

Columbia University. Department of Physics

IBM Research

New York University. Department of Physics

Optical Society of America

Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center

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