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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectGeoffrey F. Chew
Dates
June 5, 1924 – April 11, 2019
Authorized Form of Name
Chew, Geoffrey F.
Additional Forms of Names
Chew, Geoffrey F., 1924-2019
Chew, Geoffrey Foucar, 1924-
Biography
Abstract
Geoffrey Chew is an American theoretical physicist and Emeritus Professor of Physics at University of California, Berkeley. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences as well as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His other institutional affiliations include University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and University of Chicago.
Important Dates
June 5, 1924Birth, Washington (D.C.).
1944Obtained BS, George Washington University, Washington (D.C.).
1948Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1948 – 1950Theoretical Physicist, Radiation Laboratory (1948-1949) and Assistant Professor of Physics (1949-1950), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1950 – 1957Assistant Professor of Physics (1950-1951); Associate Professor of Physics (1951-1955); and Professor of Physics (1955-1957), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign (Ill.).
1957 – presentProfessor of Physics (1957-1993); Dean of Physical Sciences (1986-1993); Chair, Department of Physics (1974-1978); and Emeritus Professor of Physics (1993-present), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1962Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1962 – 1963Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge University.
1970 – 1971Visiting Professor, Princeton University.
1983 – 1984Visiting Professor, University of Paris.
April 11, 2019Death.
Occupation
Theoretical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Ph.D. advisor at University of Chicago, "Elastic Scattering of High-Energy Nucleons by Deuterons."
Gross, David J. (David Jonathan)
Advised by Chew at University of California, Berkeley, "Investigation of the Many-Body, MultiChannel Partial-Wave Scattering Amplitude."
Advised by Chew at University of California, Berkeley, "Pion-nucleon scattering in the P11 state."
Colleagues
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Birge, Raymond T. (Raymond Thayer), 1887-
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Brode, Robert B. (Robert Bigham), 1900-1986
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Clauser, John F. (John Francis), 1942-
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Cooper, Leon N. (Leon Neil), 1930-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Falicov, L. M. (Leopoldo Maximo), 1933-1995
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Hahn, E. L. (Erwin Louis), 1921-
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Helmholz, August Carl, 1915-2003
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Jackson, John David, 1925-2016
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Kerst, Donald William, 1911-1993
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Loeb, Leonard B. (Leonard Benedict), 1891-
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Loomis, F. W. (Francis Wheeler), 1889-1976
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
McMillan, Edwin M. (Edwin Mattison), 1907-
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Nierenberg, William Aaron, 1919-2000
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Overhauser, Albert Warner, 1925-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Reynolds, John Hamilton, 1923-2000
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Richards, Paul L. (Paul Linford)
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Tape, Gerald Frederick, 1915-2005
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank)
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Additional
Hagstrom, Warren O.
Jacob, Maurice
Kaiser, David
Pickering, Andrew, 1948-
Institutions
Major Positions
Theoretical Physicist.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Visiting Professor.
Université de Paris
Visiting Professor.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; Chair, Department of Physics; Dean of Physical Sciences; and Emeritus Professor of Physics.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor of Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; and Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member.
George Washington University. Department of Physics
Obtained B.S. in 1944.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
University of Cambridge
Fellow, Churchill College.
University of Chicago. Department of Physics
Obtained Ph.D. in 1948.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Geoffrey F. Chew papers, circa 1921-1991.
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Subject
Andrew Pickering interviews conducted for his book CONSTRUCTING QUARKS, 1978-1982.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Murray Gell-Mann papers, 1931-2001 (bulk 1955-1993).
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Oral history interview with E. A. Frieman, 1986 June 26.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with John Schwarz, 2000.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Outtakes and candid footage from the production of : The world of Enrico Fermi, circa 1930-1968.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Text materials for documentary film: The world of Enrico Fermi, circa 1930-1968.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
The world of Enrico Fermi [motion picture].
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Warren O. Hagstrom interviews conducted for his book "The Scientific Community," 1960-1961.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Multiperipheral dynamics; lectures. G. Chew, session leader and reviewer.
S-matrix theory of strong interactions; a lecture note and reprint volume.
Strong-interaction physics; a lecture note volume / [by] Maurice Jacob [and] Geoffrey F. Chew.