| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1964 |
| Number: | 71 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Charles Hard Townes |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1915 |
| Year, Death: | 2015 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| City: | Cambridge |
| State: | MA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1964 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Arthur Leonard Schawlow |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1921 |
| Year, Death: | 1999 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | Stanford University |
| City: | Stanford |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Luis Walter Alvarez |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1911 |
| Year, Death: | 1988 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| University: | University of California |
| City: | Berkeley |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1968 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Robert Hofstadter |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1915 |
| Year, Death: | 1990 |
| City: | Stanford |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Comments: | First choice: C.H Townes sharing prize with A.L. Schalow. Second choice: L.W. Alvarez possibly sharing prize with C.H Townes and A.L. Schalow. |
