National Medal of Science Recipients
Biological Sciences
- †Alfred H. Sturtevant, 1967
- †Sterling B. Hendricks (PhD '26), 1975
- †Seymour Benzer, 1982
- †Roger W. Sperry, 1989
- †Edward B. Lewis (PhD '42), 1990
- †Folke K. Skoog (BS '32, PhD '36), 1991
- †Howard M. Temin (PhD '59), 1992
- †Alexander Rich (Postdoc '49-'54), 1995
- Bruce N. Ames (PhD '53), 1998
- *David Baltimore, 1999
- Phillip Sharp (Posdoc '69-71), 2004
- Leroy Hood (BS '60, PhD '68), 2011
Chemistry
- *Harry B. Gray, 1986
- *Rudolph A. Marcus, 1989
- †Harden M. McConnell (PhD '51), 1989
- †John D. Roberts, 1990
- †Norman R. Davidson, 1996
- †Harold S. Johnston (PhD '48), 1997
- George Whitesides (PhD '64), 1998
- *John D. Baldeschwieler, 2000
- *Peter Dervan, 2006
- Mostafa A. El-Sayed (Postdoc '60-'61), 2007
- *Jacqueline K. Barton, 2010
Engineering
- †Theodore von Kármán, 1962
- †John Pierce (BS '33, PhD '36), 1963
- †William H. Pickering (BS '32, MS '33, PhD '36), 1975
- †Simon Ramo (BS '36), 1979
- †Hans Liepmann, 1986
- †Bernard M. Oliver (PhD '40), 1986
- †George W. Housner (MS '34, PhD '41), 1988
- †H. Guyford Stever (PhD '41), 1991
- Ray W. Clough (MS '43), 1994
- Yuan-Cheng B. Fung (PhD '48), 2000
- *Amnon Yariv, 2009
- Subra Suresh, 2023
Mathematics and Computer Science
- Donald E. Knuth (PhD '63), 1979
- †Samuel Karlin (Postdoc '48), 1989
- †John McCarthy (BS '48), 1990
- Bradley Efron (BS '60), 2005
Physical Sciences
- †Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky (PhD '42), 1969
- †Allan Sandage (PhD '52), 1970
- †Saul Winstein (PhD '38), 1970
- †Arie J. Haagen-Smit, 1973
- †William A. Fowler (PhD '36), 1974
- †Linus Pauling (PhD '25), 1974
- †Kenneth S. Pitzer (BS '35), 1974
- †E. Bright Wilson Jr. (PhD '34), 1975
- †Richard P. Feynman, 1979
- †Charles H. Townes (PhD '39), 1982
- †Walter H. Munk (BS '39), 1983
- †H. Richard Crane (BS '30, PhD '34), 1986
- †Arnold O. Beckman (PhD '28), 1989
- Eugene Parker (PhD '51), 1989
- †Robert P. Sharp (BS '34), 1989
- †Edwin M. McMillan (BS '28, MS '29), 1990
- †Edward C. Stone, 1991
- †Eugene M. Shoemaker (BS '48), 1992
- *Peter M. Goldreich, 1995
- †Don L. Anderson (PhD '62), 1998
- †Charles D. Keeling (Postdoc '53-'56), 2001
- †Robert N. Clayton (PhD '55), 2004
- Berni Alder (PhD '52), 2008
- James Gunn (PhD '65), 2008
- Sylvester J. Gates Jr. (Postdoc '80-'82), 2012
- Sean C. Solomon (BS '66), 2012
- Barry Barish, 2023
* in residence
† deceased
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