| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1964 |
| Number: | 74 - 1 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | George Eugene Uhlenbeck |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1900 |
| Year, Death: | 1988 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| University: | University of Michigan |
| City: | Ann Arbor |
| State: | MI |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Samuel Abraham Goudsmit |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1902 |
| Year, Death: | 1978 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| University: | National Laboratory |
| City: | Brookhaven |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 3: |
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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 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | H Marschall |
| Gender: | M |
| City: | Freiburg im Breisgau |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Comments: | First choice: G.E. Uhlenberck sharing prize with S.A. Goudsmit. Second choice: C.H Townes. |
