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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorHoward Georgi
Dates
January 6, 1947 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Georgi, Howard
Additional Forms of Names
Georgi, Howard, 1947-
Biography
Abstract
Howard Georgi is Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics at Harvard University (1971-present). His research interests include symmetries and quantum field theory.
Important Dates
January 6, 1947Birth, San Bernardino (Calif.).
1967Obtained AB, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1971Obtained PhD in Physics, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1971 – presentResearch Fellow (1971-1973); Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows (1973-1976); Associate Professor of Physics (1976-1980); Senior Fellow, Society of Fellows (1982-1998); Professor of Physics (1980-1992); Chair, Department of Physics (1991-1994); and Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics (1992-present), Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1982Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
1982 – 2004Editor, Physics Letters B, Elsevier Science Publishers.
1983 – 1986Member, High Energy Advisory Committee, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
1994Fellow, American Physical Society.
1994 – 1999Member, Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (1994-1997) and Member (1996-1999) and Chair (1998-1999), Division of Particles and Fields, American Physical Society.
1995Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1995Awarded J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics, American Physical Society.
1996 – 1999Co-chair, Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, National Research Council.
Occupation
Theoretical particle physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Sommerfield, Charles Michael
PhD advisor at Yale University, "Scale and Conformal Invariance in Field Theory."
Colleagues
Bainbridge, Kenneth T. (Kenneth Tompkins), 1904-1996
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978
Both employed at Harvard University.
Feldman, Gary J.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Franklin, Melissa Eve Bronwen
Both employed at Harvard University.
Furry, W. H. (Wendell Hinkle), 1907-
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Kemble, Edwin C. (Edwin Crawford), 1889-
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Nelson, Ann E. (Ann Elizabeth)
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Pipkin, Francis M.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Strauch, Karl, 1922-2000
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Wilson, Richard, 1926-
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Additional
Hinzpeter, Hans
Pickering, Andrew, 1948-
Institutions
Major Positions
Elsevier Science Publishers
Editor, Physics Letters B.
Harvard University. Department of Physics
Obtained AB (1967). Research Fellow; Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows; Associate Professor of Physics; Senior Fellow, Society of Fellows; Professor of Physics; Chair, Department of Physics; and Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow.
Member, Committee on the Status of Women in Physics; Member, Division of Particles and Fields; Chair, Division of Particles and Fields; Fellow; and received 1995 J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Member, High Energy Advisory Committee.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
National Research Council (U.S.)
Co-Chair, Committee on Women in Science and Engineering.
Yale University. Physics Department
Obtained PhD in Physics (1971).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
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
Selected talks from the International Conference on the History of Original Ideas and Basic Discoveries in Particle Physics [sound recording] / 1994.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Memorial Minute for Norman Foster Ramsey, 2015.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Hans Hinzpeter, 1995 Spring.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Timothy Ferris interviews conducted for the television program, The Creation of the Universe, circa 1982-1988.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA