| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1964 | 
| Number: | 73 - 0 | 
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| 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 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Chien-Shiung  Wu | 
| Gender: | F | 
| Year, Birth: | 1912 | 
| Year, Death: | 1997 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| City: | New York | 
| State: | NY | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Emilio Gino  Segrè | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1905 | 
| Year, Death: | 1989 | 
| City: | Berkeley | 
| State: | CA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1959 | 
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| Comments: | First choice: C.H. Townes. 
Second choice: Chien Shiung Wu. | 
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