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Val Logsdon Fitch
| Full Name of the recipient | Val Logsdon Fitch |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year of Award | 1980 |
| Share in Award | 50.0% |
| Award Shared with | James Watson Cronin (50.0%) |
| Motivation for the Award | for the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons |
| Affiliation at the Time of Award | Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA |
| Place of Birth | Merriman, NE, United States USA |
| Date of Birth | 10 March 1923 |
| Age at the time of Award | 56 years |
| Place of Death | Princeton, NJ, United States USA |
| Date of Death | 5 February 2015 |
