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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectH. R. Crane
Dates
November 4, 1907 – April 19, 2007
Authorized Form of Name
Crane, H. R. (Horace Richard), 1907-2007
Additional Forms of Names
Crane, Horace R., 1907-2007
Biography
Abstract
Horace Richard Crane was the inventor of the University of Michigan's electron synchrotron. His research also provided evidence that neutrinos existed.
Important Dates
November 4, 1907Birth, Turlock (Calif.).
1930Obtained BS, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1934Obtained PhD in Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1934 – 1935Research Fellow in Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1935 – 2007Instructor and Research Physicist (1935-1938); Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics (1938-1946); Professor of Physics (1946-1978); Chair, Department of Physics (1965-1972); and Emeritus Professor of Physics (1978-2007), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1940 – 1941Researcher, Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
1941 – 1942Researcher, Proximity Fuse Project, Carnegie Institution of Washington.
1942 – 1945Director, Proximity Fuse Project Satellite, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1957 – 1960President, Midwestern Universities Research Association.
1964 – 1975Member (1964-1975) and Chair (1971-1975), Governing Board, American Institute of Physics.
1965President, American Association of Physics Teachers.
1966Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1967Awarded Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics, American Physical Society.
1969 – 1972Member, Standing Committee, Controlled Thermonulcear Research, United States Atomic Energy Commission.
1986Awarded National Medal of Science.
April 19, 2007Death, Chelsea (Mich.).
Occupation
Atomic physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945 -- Science.
Relationships
People
Family
Crane, Florence LeBaron
Wife.
Crane, George
Son.
Crane, Horace Stephen
Father.
Crane, John William
Brother.
Crane, Mary Alice
Mother.
Crane, Stephen Horace
Grandfather.
Advisors & Collaborators
Lauritsen, Charles Christian, 1892-1968
PhD advisor at California Institute of Technology, "Artificial Radioactivity," and both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Advised by Crane at University of Michigan, "A pricision measurement of the g-factor of the free electron," and both employed at University of Michigan.
Colleagues
Anderson, Carl D. (Carl David), 1905-1991
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Bonner, Tom Wilkerson, 1910-1961
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Dennison, David M. (David Mathias), 1900-1976
Both employed at University of Michigan.
DuMond, Jesse W. M. (Jesse William Monroe), 1892-1976
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Edwards, David F. (David Franklin)
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Epstein, Paul S. (Paul Sophus), 1883-1966
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Furry, W. H. (Wendell Hinkle), 1907-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Houston, W. V. (William Vermillion), 1900-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Nierenberg, William Aaron, 1919-2000
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Randall, Harrison M. (Harrison McAllister), 1870-
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Satchler, G. R. (George Raymond)
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Tolman, Richard C. (Richard Chace), 1881-1948
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Uhlenbeck, George Eugène, 1900-1988
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Additional
Cockcroft, John, Sir, 1897-1967
Holbrow, Charles H.
Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958
McMillan, Edwin M. (Edwin Mattison), 1907-
Parkinson, W. C. (William Charles), 1918-
Smith, Gail Preston, 1915-
Zorn, Jens C.
Institutions
Major Positions
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Researcher, Proximity Fuse Project.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory
Researcher.
University of Michigan. Department of Physics
Instructor and Research Physicist; Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics; Director, Proximity Fuse Project Satellite; Chair, Department of Physics; Professor of Physics; and Emeritus Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Association of Physics Teachers
President.
Chairman, Governing Board.
1967 Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics Recipient.
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Obtained BS in 1930 and PhD (Physics) in 1934. Research Fellow in Physics.
General Electric Company. Research Laboratory
Midwestern Universities Research Association
President.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Member, Standing Committee, Controlled Thermonulcear Research.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
50th anniversary of the Kellogg Radiation Laboratory, 1981.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Horace Richard Crane papers, 1897-2000 (bulk 1933-1995).
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2113, USA
Joint ceremonial session of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording], 1977 February 8.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with H. R. Crane, 1973 March 28 and 1974 June 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with H. R. Crane, 1990 June 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Reminiscences of H. R. Crane and David Dennison about the history of the VT fuze [sound recording], circa 1975.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Session on science and society [sound recording], 1969 February 3.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Sessions of the annual meeting of Corporate Associates [sound recording], 1971 September 23.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
University of Michigan Department of Physics records, 1873-2002. (bulk 1954-1991).
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2113, USA
Subject
Gail P. Smith autobiography, circa 1965.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
History of physics audio-visual collection, circa 1918-1996, 1960-1988 (bulk)
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Charles Christian Lauritsen, 1966 June 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with David Todd Wilkinson, 1984 September 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with William Aaron Nierenberg, 1986 February 6 and June 26, 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Symposium in honor of H. Richard Crane [sound recording] / at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, 1997 November 8.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Symposium of the history of physics [videorecording]: the coming of age of nuclear physics - the 1930s.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Two examples of infrared absorption spectra and a letter from Horace Richard Crane describing the method used by Randall at the University of Michigan from about 1912 to the mid-1930s.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
How We Happened to Measure g-2: A Tale of Serendipity, Physics in Perspective 2 (2000): 135-140.
Subject
"Dick Crane's California Days," Physics in Perspective 13 (2011): 36-57
H. Richard Crane: 1907-2007, Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences.