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Archival as SubjectLeRoy Woodard Apker
Dates
June 11, 1915 – 1970
Authorized Form of Name
Apker, LeRoy Woodard
Biography
Abstract
LeRoy W. Apker studied the photoelectric emission of electrons from semiconductors and discovered the phenomenon of exciton-induced photoemission in potassium iodide. The LeRoy Apker Award was established as a memorial by Jean Dickey Apker and the American Physical Society.
Important Dates
June 11, 1915Birth, Rochester (N.Y.).
1937Obtained AB, University of Rochester, Rochester (N.Y.).
1941Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Rochester, Rochester (N.Y.).
1941 – 1970Physicist, GE Research Laboratory, General Electric Company, Schenectady (N.Y.).
1955Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.
1970Death.
Occupation
Experimental physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Apker, Jean Dickey
Wife; they studied the photoelectric emission of electrons from semiconductors and discovered the phenomenon of exciton-induced photoemission in potassium iodide.
Advisors & Collaborators
Taft, E. A.
Collaborated on the photoelectric emission of electrons from semiconductors and discovered the phenomenon of exciton-induced photoemission in potassium iodide.
Colleagues
Coolidge, William David, 1873-1975
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Hull, Albert Wallace, 1880-1966
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Suits, C. Guy (Chauncey Guy), 1905-1991
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Additional
Conwell, Esther M. (Esther Marley), 1922-2014
Fellow graduate students at University of Rochester.
Courant, Ernest D. (Ernest David), 1920-
Fellow graduate students at University of Rochester.
Dicke, Robert H. (Robert Henry)
Fellow graduate students at University of Rochester.
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994
Gross, Evgenii Fedorovich, 1897-1972
Institutions
Major Positions
General Electric Company. Research Laboratory
Physicist.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1955 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
University of Rochester. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Obtained AB (1937) and PhD (1941).
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Evgenii F. Gross papers, 1918-1972.
St. Petersburg Branch. Archive.
Russian Academy of Sciences
Universitetskaia hab., 1, Korp. 2, St. Petersburg 199034