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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectRobert Willis Hellwarth
Dates
December 10, 1930 – January 20, 2021
Authorized Form of Name
Hellwarth, Robert Willis, 1930-
Additional Forms of Names
Hellwarth, Robert Willis
Biography
Abstract
Robert Willis Hellwarth was the George Pfleger Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics at the University of Southern California (1970-present). Other institutional affiliations included Hughes Research Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology. His research interests included quantum electronics and the Raman Effect.
Important Dates
December 10, 1930Birth, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1952Obtained BSE, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1955Obtained DPhil in Physics, Oxford University, Oxford (England).
1955 – 1965Lecturer, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1955 – 1970Member, Technical Staff (1955-1965); Senior Staff Physicist (1965-1970); and Manager, Theoretical Studies Department (1968-1970), Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu (Calif.).
1966 – 1970Senior Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1970 – presentGeorge Pfleger Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Calif.).
1986Member, National Academy of Sciences.
January 20, 2021Death, Santa Monica (Calif.).
Occupation
Quantum physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
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People
Colleagues
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Anderson, Carl D. (Carl David), 1905-1991
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Barish, B. C. (Barry Clark), 1936-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
DuMond, Jesse W. M. (Jesse William Monroe), 1892-1976
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Epstein, Paul S. (Paul Sophus), 1883-1966
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Gould, Roy W. (Roy Walter), 1927-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Lauritsen, Charles Christian, 1892-1968
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Robertson, H. P. (Howard Percy), 1903-1961
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Additional
McClung, Fred J.
Smith, George Foster, 1922-
Institutions
Major Positions
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow.
HRL Laboratories
Member, Technical Staff; Senior Staff Physicist; and Manager.
University of Southern California. Department of Electrical Engineering
George Pfleger Professor of Electrical Engineering.
University of Southern California. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Obtained BSE (1952).
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Physics
University of Oxford. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics (1955).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Correspondence and reports regarding the early history of the laser research program at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, 1962-1972.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert Willis Hellwarth, 1983 May 19.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert Willis Hellwarth, 1985 May 28.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Letter from Arthur Leonard Schawlow concerning Maiman's testimony during the Hellwarth vs Gould patent proceedings and the rejection of one of Maiman's manuscripts on masers by Physical Review Letters; and a copy of Maiman's testimony in which he discusses his work in developing ruby lasers, 1959-1984.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Fred J. McClung, 1985 March 6.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with George Foster Smith, 1985 February 5.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Richard Phillips Feynman, 1966 March 4 to 4 February 1973.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA