

Memorial Page for Philip Hauge Abelson
US physicist, editor of the journal Science, and director of the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory
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Philip Abelson (* April 27, 1913 in Tacoma; † August 1, 2004 in Bethesda) was an uS physicist, editor of the journal Science, and director of the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory. He was 91 years old. He was married to Neva Abelson. His education included Washington State University and University of California, Berkeley. He received 7 awards, including Kalinga Prize, National Medal of Science. His cause of death was respiratory failure.
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6 EventsBorn in Tacoma, Pierce County
1913Kalinga Prize
1972National Medal of Science
1987Waldo E. Smith Award
1988NAS Public Welfare Medal
1992Died in Bethesda, Montgomery County (respiratory failure)
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- Neva Abelson
Philip Hauge Abelson. Forever remembered.