Fetter, Alexander L., 1937-
Alexander L. Fetter papers, 1965-1991.
Papers concern his professional activities and his administrative duties at Stanford, 1971-1991. Included are correspondence, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, and articles. In addition to the physics department, several committees are represented, including the Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aids and the Graduate Study Committee.
Theoretical physicist; joined the Stanford faculty in 1965. Received his B.A. at Williams College in 1958; was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford where he won the Scott Prize in Physics in 1960. Received his Ph.D. at Harvard in 1963. At Stanford also served as associated dean of undergraduate studies, 1977-80; head of the Faculty Senate, 1982-83; associate Dean of Humanities and Sciences, 1990-93. Received the Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1994. Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Stanford University. Department of Physics -- Faculty.
Stanford University -- Administration.
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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Stanford, CA 94305, USA