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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorGerald Marks Almy
Dates
April 24, 1904 – November 29, 1977
Authorized Form of Name
Almy, Gerald Marks, 1904-
Biography
Abstract
Gerald Marks Almy spent his entire career at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research interests included the spectroscopy of diatomic molecules, fluorescence of polyatomic molecules, betatron development, and photonuclear disintegration.
Important Dates
April 24, 1904Birth, Ewing (Neb.).
1924Obtained BS, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Neb.).
1926Obtained MS, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Neb.).
1930Obtained PhD in Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1930 – 1977Instructor in Physics (1930-1933); Associate in Physics (1933-1935); Assistant Professor of Physics (1935-1939); Associate Professor of Physics (1939-1943); Professor of Physics (1943-1970); Acting Head, Department of Physics (1951-1952); Associate Head, Department of Physics (1952-1964); Head, Department of Physics (1964-1970); and Emeritus Professor of Physics (1970-1977), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign (Ill.).
November 29, 1977Death, Urbana (Ill.).
Occupation
Particle physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Anderson, A. C. (Ansel Cochran), 1933-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Cooper, Leon N. (Leon Neil), 1930-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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 Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Jackson, John David, 1925-2016
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Kerst, Donald William, 1911-1993
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Loomis, F. W. (Francis Wheeler), 1889-1976
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Overhauser, Albert Warner, 1925-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Schrieffer, J. R. (John Robert), 1931-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Tape, Gerald Frederick, 1915-2005
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Institutions
Major Positions
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Physics
Instructor in Physics; Associate in Physics; Assistant Professor of Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; Emeritus Professor of Physics; Acting Head, Department of Physics; Associate Head, Department of Physics; and Head, Department of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Fellow.
Harvard University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in 1930.
University of Nebraska -- Lincoln. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Obtained BS in 1924 and MS in 1926.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
A century of physics at the University of Illinois, 1868-1968, 1973.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Highlights in the History of the Physics Department in the University of Illinois (1868-1968), 1967.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Life with Wheeler in the Physics Department, 1929-1940, 1957.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Donald W. Kerst papers, 1937-1959.
University Archives
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
University Archives
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
University Archives
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Physics Department reading files, 1925-2006.
University Archives
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Physics Department subject file, 1925-2006.
University Archives
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Published Resources
Author
A century of physics at the University of Illinois 1868-1968 / G.M. Almy.