Alfred Y
Cho
Director, Semiconductor Research Laboratory
AT&T Bell Laboratories
1993
Engineering
For his pioneering work in the development of molecular beam epitaxy, which revolutionized thin film growth, making possible atomically accurate structures for elecronic and proelecronic devices, and for the study of new quantum phenomena.
Presented by President Clinton and Vice President Gore at a ceremony on the White House South Lawn, September 30, 1993.