attended as a girl. Honors, awards, and distinctions Elected a fellow of the American Physical Society (1948) Elected a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1958) Wu was the first woman with an honorary doctorate from Princeton University. The citation called Wu, "top woman experimental physicist in the world". (1958) Achievement Award, American Association of University Women (1959) Honorary degree from Smith College (1959) Wu won the Research Corporation Award, and dedicated the award to her teacher Hu Shih. The award is now housed in Nangang District, Taipei, where Hu's memorial is located. Wu spent two hours at the memorial, which was built after Hu suddenly collapsed and succumbed to a heart attack in the middle of a conference. Wu and her husband happened to be in that conference which was supposed to celebrate her career. (1958) John Price Wetherill Medal, The Franklin Institute (1962) American Association of University Women Woman of the Year Award (1962) First female to win the Comstock Prize in Physics, National Academy of Sciences (1964) Chi-Tsin Achievement Award, Chi-Tsin Culture Foundation (1965) Received an Sc.D. from Yale University (1967) Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1969) Wu was bestowed an honorary L.L.D. from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The citation stated, "The charming lady who is being honoured on this occasion is reputed as the world's foremost female experimental physicist ... Dr. Wu has made one of the greatest contributions to the knowledge of the universe." (1969) First Pupin Professor in the history of Columbia University, which went with a citation that described Wu as "the first lady of physics research" (1973) Scientist of the Year Award, Industrial Research magazine (1974) Honorary degree from Harvard University (1974) Tom W. Bonner Prize, American Physical Society (1975) First female president of the American Physical Society (1975) Honorary doctorate from Dickinson College (1975) First female to be honored with the National Medal of Science in Physics, which is the highest presidential honor for American scientists (1975) First person selected to receive the Wolf Prize in Physics (1978) Woman of the Year award from the St. Vincent Culture Foundation under UNESCO, which was presented by the president of Italy (1981) Honorary degree from the University of Southern California (1982) Honorary degree from the University at Albany, SUNY Honorary degree from Columbia University (1982) Lifetime Achievement Award from Radcliffe College, Harvard University Honorary professorship from