Gerald Dolan

Biography

Abstract

Gerald Dolan was a consultant in medical physics at the Immunicon Corporation (1996-2000). His other institutional affiliations included Bell Laboratories and University of Pennsylvania. He received the American Physical Society's Oliver E. Buckley prize in 2000 for his "pioneering contributions to single-electron effects in mesoscopic systems."

Important Dates

May 27, 1945Birth, Philadelphia (Pa.).

1967Obtained AB, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.).

1973Obtained PhD in Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).

1973 – 1976Postdoctoral Fellow, State University of New York, Stony Brook.

1976 – 1984Member, Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).

1984 – 1987Member, Technical Staff, AT & T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).

1987 – 1990Researcher, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, International Business Machines (IBM).

1989 – 1996Trustee Chair Professor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.).

1996 – 2000Consultant in Medical Physics, Immunicon Corporation.

2000Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.

June 17, 2008Death, Huntingdon Valley (Pa.).

Occupation

Condensed matter physicist.

Places

Birth

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Undergraduate Education

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Graduate Education

Ithaca (N.Y.)

Employment

Murray Hill (N.J.)

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Death

Huntingdon Valley (Pa.)

Subjects

Condensed matter.

Medical physics.

Relationships

People

Family

Dolan, Alice

Mother.

Dolan, Catherine

Sister.

Dolan, Michael

Brother.

Dolan, Thomas James, 1939-

Brother.

Advisors & Collaborators

Silcox, John

Ph.D. advisor at Cornell University, Bitter-pattern imaging of magnetic structures in superconducting thin films.

Colleagues

Aeppli, Gabriel

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Ahlers, G. (Günter)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Alivisatos, P.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Appelbaum, J. A. (Joel A.)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Armstrong, J. A. (John A.)

Both employed at IBM.

Ashkin, Arthur, 1922-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Aspnes, D. E.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Awschalom, D. (David)

Both employed at IBM.

Bishop, David John, 1951-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Blume, Martin, 1932-

Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Boyle, Willard S., 1924-2011

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Brewer, Richard G.

Both employed at IBM.

Brinkman, William F. (William Frank), 1938-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Brown, G. E. (Gerald Edward), 1926-

Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Buchsbaum, Solomon J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bucksbaum, Philip H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Cava, Robert J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chabal, Yves Jean, 1952-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chang, Leroy L.

Both employed at IBM.

Chemla, D. S.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chu, Steven

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chynoweth, A. G.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Clogston, Albert McCavour

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Coppersmith, Susan Nan

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Courant, Ernest D. (Ernest David), 1920-

Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Cutler, Cassius Chapin

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Davis, Raymond, 1914-2006

Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.

Demuth, Joseph, 1946-

Both employed at IBM.

DiSalvo, Francis

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Dynes, Robert C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Eigler, Donald

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Esaki, Reona, 1925-

Both employed at IBM.

Fang, Frank F.

Both employed at IBM.

Feibelman, Peter J.

Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Fleury, Paul A.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Freedman, Daniel Z.

Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Fulton, Theodore Alan

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Garwin, Richard L.

Both employed at IBM.

Gossard, A. C.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Greene, Laura H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Gutzwiller, M. C. (Martin C.)

Both employed at IBM.

Hagstrum, Homer D.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Haldane, F. Duncan M.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Halperin, Bertrand I.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hamann, Donald, 1939-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Hellman, Frances

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Herring, William Conyers, 1914-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Himpsel, F. J.

Both employed at IBM.

Hohenberg, Pierre C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hopfield, John J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Horn, Paul (Paul M.)

Both employed at IBM.

Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Johnson, Peter D., 1952-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Kirtley, John R.

Both employed at IBM.

Landauer, Rolf William, 1927-1999

Both employed at IBM.

Lang, Norton D.

Both employed at IBM.

Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Lubensky, T. C.

Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.

Mandelbrot, Benoît B.

Both employed at IBM.

Matthias, Bernd T., 1918-1980

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

McCoy, Barry M.

Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Middleton, Roy, 1927-2004

Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.

Millis, Andrew J.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Murray, Cherry Ann

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Narath, Albert, 1933-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Osheroff, Douglas D.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Patel, C. Kumar N.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Penzias, Arno A.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Pfann, William G.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Phillips, J. C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Phillips, Julia M.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Pinczuk, Aron

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Plummer, E. Ward

Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.

Raghavachari, Krishnan

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Rice, Thomas Maurice, 1939-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Rowell, John Martin, 1935-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Shank, C. V. (Charles V.)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Smith, George E., 1930-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Smith, Neville, 1942-2006

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Sorokin, Peter P.

Both employed at IBM.

Steinhardt, Paul J.

Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.

Stillinger, F. H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Störmer, Horst

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Tank, David William, 1953-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Tersoff, J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories and IBM.

Thomas, D. G. (David Gilbert), 1928-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Tromp, R. M.

Both employed at IBM.

Tsuei, Chang C.

Both employed at IBM.

Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Van Nieuwenhuizen, Peter

Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Webb, R. A. (Richard Alan)

Both employed at IBM.

Weeks, John David

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Weitz, David A.

Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.

Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Yang, Chen Ning, 1922-

Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Institutions

Major Positions

AT & T Bell Laboratories

Member, Technical staff.

Bell Telephone Laboratories

Member, Technical staff.

Immunicon Corporation

Consultant in Medical Physics.

State University of New York at Stony Brook. Department of Physics

Postdoctoral Fellow.

Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center

Researcher.

University of Pennsylvania. Department of Physics and Astronomy

Obtained AB in 1967. Trustee Chair Professor of Physics.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Physical Society

Received 2000 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.

Cornell University. Department of Physics

Obtained PhD in 1973.

Resources

Published Resources

Subject

Gerald Dolan Physics Today obituary.