Broida, Herbert P.
Herbert P. Broida papers, 1957-1979.
Collection contains correspondence, course notes, department notes, letters of reference, post-doctoral applications and appointments, conference and meeting attendee lists, class notes, and purchase orders. Subjects include Western Spectroscopy Association, American Physical Society, National Bureau of Standards, Russian travel, Brazil, Academic Senate, faculty legislature, Astronomy Committee, McGraw-Hill, Memorial fund, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Obtained a Masters in 1945 and his Ph.D. in physics in 1949 from Harvard. In the 1950s he did extensive research and work for the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), and in 1963 he joined the physics faculty at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He was instrumental in the creation of the UCSB Quantum Institute and was director from 1973 to 1978. Broida was an active member of many scientific organizations. He died in Santa Barbara in 1978.
American Physical Society.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
United States. National Bureau of Standards
University of California (System). Academic Senate.
Astronomy
Spectrum analysis
Molecular spectroscopy.
Russia -- Description and travel.
Brazil.
Class notes. aat
Application forms. aat
Purchase orders. aat
Attendance lists. aat
Physicists. lcsh
McGraw-Hill.
AIP-ICOS
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections. Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA