| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1959 |
| Number: | 59 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Chien-Shiung Wu |
| Gender: | F |
| Year, Birth: | 1912 |
| Year, Death: | 1997 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | Columbia University |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Leon Max Lederman |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1922 |
| Year, Death: | 2018 |
| University: | Columbia University |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Robert Hofstadter |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1915 |
| Year, Death: | 1990 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | Stanford University |
| City: | Stanford |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1961 | |
| Nominee 4: |
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| Name: | Emilio Segrè |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1905 |
| Year, Death: | 1989 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| University: | University of California |
| City: | Berkeley |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1959 | |
| Nominee 5: |
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| Name: | Owen Chamberlain |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1920 |
| Year, Death: | 2006 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | University of California |
| City: | Berkeley |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1959 | |
| Nominee 6: |
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| Name: | Charles Hard Townes |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1915 |
| Year, Death: | 2015 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | Columbia University |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1964 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | J Rossel |
| City: | Neuchâtel |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
| Comments: | First choice: Chieng-Shiung Wu sharing prize with L Lederman. Second choice: R Hofstadter, Third choice: Emilio Segrè sharing prize with O Chamberlain. Fourth choice: Ch. H Townes. |
