John Bardeen

Recipient
Year
Citation

John
Bardeen

Professor of Electrical Engineering & Physics

University of Illinois
1965
Physics

For his brilliant contributions to the theory of electrical conductivity in solid materials, and especially those which led to the development of a successful theory of superconductivity.

Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 10, 1966. Note: Dr. Bardeen also received a Nobel in 1956 in Physics.
Nobel Prize in Physics, 1956
Nobel Prize in Physics, 1972