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Victor Weisskopf
Victor Frederick "Viki" Weisskopf was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist and Director-General of CERN from 1961 – 1965.
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science · American theoretical physicist (1908–2002) · physicist · nuclear physicist · university teacher · also Victor Weisskopf, Victor Frederick Weisskopf, V. F. Weisskopf, Victor Frederick "Viki" Weisskopf, V.F. Weisskopf, Victor Frederik Weisskopf
Born 19 September 1908 · Died 22 April 2002 · Q441154
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2002· 3 entries
And was survived by his second wife Duscha, daughter of accidental Night of the Long Knives victim Willi Schmid
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Died 2002-04-22.
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1991· 2 entries
Won NAS Public Welfare Medal (1991).
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Awarded Joseph A. Burton Forum Award (1991).
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Enrico Fermi Award (1988).
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (1984).
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1983).
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1981· 2 entries
Awarded Wolf Prize in Physics (1981).
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Awarded Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1981).
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1979· 1 entry
Won National Medal of Science (1979).
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1976· 1 entry
Won Oersted Medal (1976).
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1975· 1 entry
And in 1981 he led a team of four scientists sent by Pope John Paul II to talk to President Ronald Reagan about the need to prohibit the use of nuclear weapons
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1972· 1 entry
Awarded Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (1972).
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1966· 2 entries
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1966).
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A Festschrift was published in his honor
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1962· 1 entry
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon (1962).
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1961· 1 entry
Career landmark: Director General of CERN (1961–1965).
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1959· 1 entry
Weisskopf joined physicists George Gamow and Hans Bethe in supporting the return of exiled physicist Frank Oppenheimer to science teaching;
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1956· 3 entries
Won Max Planck Medal (1956).
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Became one of the founding members of the Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC), developing the curriculum for a revolutionary method of teaching physics at the high school level
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And the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca in 1972, the National Medal of Science (1980), the Wolf Prize (1981) and the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences (1991)
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1908· 1 entry
Born 1908-09-19.
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