| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1962 |
| Number: | 42 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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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: | W R Smythe |
| City: | Pasadena |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Comments: | Charles Hard Townes: Several letters claim Columbia University, however the Academy lists him as stationed on MIT. |