Robert
Hofstadter
Professor of Physics
Stanford University
1986
Physics
For his discovery and development of the sodium iodide scintillation counter leading to its application to spectroscopy in virtually all branches of science and technology, including imaging in medicine, and for his contributions to the understanding of the structure of elementary particles and atomic nuclei stemming from the development of the electron scattering method.
Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on March 12, 1986.
Nobel Prize in Physics, 1961