of Achievement. The crater Waterman on the Moon is named after him, as is Mount Waterman in the Hughes Range of Antarctica. Since 1975, the National Science Foundation has annually issued the Alan T. Waterman Award (named in Waterman's honor) to a promising young researcher. Waterman died on November 30, 1967. Tributes A month later after his death, President Lyndon B. Johnson made a statement to commemorate him. Leland John Haworth also paid his respects in his statement: References Sources Brown, Chip (2004). Good Morning Midnight. Riverhead Books. . Waterman, Laura (2005). Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage. Shoemaker & Hoard. . England, James Merton (1983). A Patron for Pure Science: The National Science Foundation's Formative Years, 1945-57. National Science Foundation. . External links National Science Foundation biography page for Waterman. Waterman, Alan T. Waterman, Alan T. Waterman, Alan T. Waterman, Alan T. People from Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York People from Northampton, Massachusetts People from North Haven, Connecticut Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Scientists from New York (state) Fellows of the American Physical Society Kennedy administration personnel Eisenhower administration personnel Truman administration personnel