Memorial Page for John B. Goodenough
American materials scientist
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John B. Goodenough (* July 25, 1922 in Jena; † June 25, 2023 in Austin) was an american materials scientist. He was 100 years old. His education included Yale University and University of Chicago. He received 9 awards, including Fellow of the American Physical Society, honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux. He was buried at Austin Memorial Park Cemetery.
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12 EventsBorn in Jena, Thuringia
1922Air National Guard
1942until 1948
honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux
1967University of Oxford
1976until 1986
Von Hippel Award
1989ACM Fellow
1995Olin Palladium Award
1999Japan Prize
2001honorary doctorate of the University of Santiago de Compostela
2002Enrico Fermi Award
2009Foreign Member of the Royal Society
2010Died in Austin, Travis County
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John B. Goodenough. Forever remembered.