The Lomonosov Gold Medal, named after Soviet / Russian scientist and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, is awarded each year since 1959 for outstanding achievements in the natural sciences and the humanities
John Kenneth Galbraith, also known as J. K. Galbraith or Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers fr
Lomonosov Gold Medal
…Dmitri Sergeevich Likhachev: for outstanding achievements in the humanities. John Kenneth Galbraith (professor, United States): for outstanding achievements in economic and social sciences. Nikolai Konstantinovich Kochetkov: for outstanding achievements…
Galbraith in 1958
Galbraith at left, as US ambassador to India, with President John F. Kennedy, Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson, and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India, 1961
Galbraith and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy at the US Chancery, New Delhi