| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | 
| Year: | 1961 | 
| Number: | 61 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Gerhard  Herzberg | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1904 | 
| Year, Death: | 1999 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | National Research Council of Canada | 
| City: | Ottawa | 
| Country: | CANADA (CA) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Robert Sanderson   Mulliken | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1896 | 
| Year, Death: | 1986 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | University of Chicago | 
| City: | Chicago | 
| State: | IL | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1966 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Per Olov  Löwdin | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1916 | 
| Year, Death: | 2000 | 
| City: | Uppsala | 
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) | 
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