Don L.
Anderson
Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Geophysics
California Institute of Technology
1998
Earth & Environment
For his leading contributions to understanding the composition, structure, and dynamics of Earth and Earth-like planets, and his influence on the advancement of Earth sciences over the past three decades nationally and internationally.
Presented by President William Jefferson Clinton in a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, April 27, 1999.