Yuan Tseh
Lee
Professor of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
1986
Chemistry & Materials
For his world leadership in the development of molecular beam techniques and their application to the study of chemical dynamics. His work has had an enormous impact on many areas of physical chemistry, especially building up a quantitative bridge between the laws of mechanics and complex macroscopic phenomena.
Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on March 12, 1986.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1986