2007 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize Awarded to Burton Richter for Exceptional Service to Science
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For his outstanding contributions to science and its use in the shaping of public policy, Burton Richter, a Nobel laureate in physics and former director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, has been awarded the 2007 Philip Hauge Abelson Prize.The prize selection committee praised Richter for "his world-class contributions to research, successful management of a leading scientific laboratory, and his unrelenting work (much of it behind the scenes) on behalf of science and its responsible use in shaping public policy." |
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