Two of the nine recipients named to receive the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest science honor, are university alums. James Gunn, now a Princeton astronomy professor, and Bernie Adler, a retired Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory physicist, will be honored by President Obama in ceremonies scheduled for Oct. 7. Theodore Von Karman, a Caltech prof and founder of JPL, was the first medal recipient; folks with Caltech ties have won more than 10 percent of the 458 of them awarded since 1959.
Top U.S. science honor adds to big medal tally for those with ties to Pasadena
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