White House honors

Charles P. Slichter, Research Professor of Physics and Center for Advanced Study Emeritus Professor of Physics and Chemistry at the UI, was presented the 2007 National Medal of Science by President George W. Bush at a White House ceremony on Sept. 29. During the ceremony, Bush also awarded the National Medals of Technology and Innovation. The medals are the nation’s highest honor for work in science and technology. 

The science medal recognizes Slichter for “establishing nuclear magnetic resonance as a powerful tool to reveal the fundamental properties of molecules and solids, enabling a host of modern technologies in condensed matter physics, chemistry and medicine.”