The Robert A. Millikan Lecture Award is made annually to a physicist chosen by a special committee of the American Association of Physics Teachers because of his creative and imaginative contributions to the teaching of physics. The lecturer selected is one whom the Association wishes to honor at the Summer Meeting in the same way that it honors the Oersted Medalist at the time of the Annual Meeting. The award is made possible through the annual support of Prentice-Hall, Inc., and the first award was made in 1964. The recipient of this award for 1965 is John G. King, Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.