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Winners of 1964 National Medal of Science
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Black and white photo of four portraits with Charles Stark Draper, Othmar H. Ammann, Solomon Lefschetz, and Theodosius Dobzhansky. The original caption above their portraits reads: "(NY68-Nov. 27) Winners of Science Medals - These four men were among 11 announced today by President Johnson as winners of the 1964 National Medal of Science. Left to Right: Othmar H. Ammann, Swiss-born designer of the new Verrazano Bridge in New York; Solomon Lefschetz, Russian-born mathematician and professor emeritus at Princeton University; Theodosius Dobzhansky, Russian-born geneticist and professor of the Rockefeller Institute, New York; Charles Stark Draper, head of the department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (APWirephoto) (jwb62220fls)1964." Original credit line: stamped by The Associated Press.