Facts on Medal for Merit recipients

Linus Pauling

Was an American chemist, bio-chemist, author, educator and peace-activist.

10 facts about Linus Pauling

Enrico Fermi

Was an Italian experimental and theoretical physicist.

10 facts about Enrico Fermi

John von Neumann

Was a Hungarian-American mathematician who made major contributions to a vast range of fields.

10 facts about John von Neumann

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Was an American nuclear theoretical physicist and science administrator also known as the “father of the atomic bomb”.

10 facts about J. Robert Oppenheimer

James Chadwick

An English physicist who discovered the neutron.

10 facts about James Chadwick