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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectDavid M. Dennison
Dates
April 26, 1900 – April 3, 1976
Authorized Form of Name
Dennison, David M. (David Mathias), 1900-1976
Additional Forms of Names
Dennison, David M.
Dennison, David Mathias
Biography
Abstract
David M. Dennison was a Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1927-1976). His research interests included quantum theory, molecular theory, and infrared spectroscopy.
Important Dates
April 26, 1900Birth, Oberlin (Ohio).
1921Obtained AB, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore (Pa.).
1924Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1924 – 1926International Education Board Fellow, Institute for Theoretical Physics (Niels Bohr Institute).
1926 – 1927International Education Board Fellow, Cambridge University.
1926 – 1927International Education Board Fellow, University of Zurich.
1926 – 1927International Education Board Fellow, Institute for Theoretical Physics (Niels Bohr Institute).
1927 – 1976Instructor in Physics (1927-1928); Assistant Professor of Physics (1928-1930); Associate Professor of Physics (1930-1935); Professor of Physics (1935-1966); Chair, Department of Physics (1955-1965); Harrison M. Randall University Professor (1966-1970); and Professor Emeritus (1970-1976), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1940Guggenheim Fellow, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1953Member, National Academy of Sciences.
April 3, 1976Death.
Occupation
Theoretical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Foley, Henry Michael, 1917-1982
Advised by Dennison at University of Michigan.
Randall, Harrison M. (Harrison McAllister), 1870-
Ph.D. advisor at University of Michigan on The molecular structure and infra-red spectrum of methane. Both employed at University of Michigan.
Colleagues
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Crane, H. R. (Horace Richard), 1907-2007
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Edwards, David F. (David Franklin)
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Nierenberg, William Aaron, 1919-2000
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Satchler, G. R. (George Raymond)
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Uhlenbeck, George Eugène, 1900-1988
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Additional
Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004
Colby, Walter F. (Walter Francis), 1880-
Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984
Hull, Albert Wallace, 1880-1966
Hund, Friedrich, 1896-1997
Koehler, James Frederic
Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958
Lorentz, H. A. (Hendrik Antoon), 1853-1928
Tate, John T. (John Torrence), 1889-1950
Thomas, Llewellyn Hilleth, 1903-1992
Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980
Institutions
Major Positions
University of Michigan. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD (Physics); Instructor; Assistant Professor; Associate Professor; Professor; Department Chair; Harrison M. Randall University Professor; and Professor Emeritus.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Guggenheim Fellow.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
National Research Council (U.S.)
Niels Bohr institutet
International Education Board Fellow.
Swarthmore College
Obtained AB.
Universitat Zurich
International Education Board Fellow.
University of Cambridge
International Education Board Fellow.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
David M. Dennison papers, circa 1927-1976.
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2113, USA
Eulogies for Harrison McAllister Randall, 1969.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Informal moments, Summer Symposia at the University of Michigan [motion picture] / taken by David Dennison ; 1933-1937.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with David Mathias Dennison, 1964 January 27, 28 and 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Physics and the [University of Michigan] Department of Physics since 1900--Definitions and Reflections, 1967.
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
Subject
David M. Gates student notebooks, 1940-1946.
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2113, USA
Harry E. Moses student notebooks, 1943-1947.
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2113, USA
International Congress for Physics [motion picture] / photographed by Heinrich Medicus.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Joint session of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording] : History of physics ; 1974 February 6.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr material collected elsewhere, 1912-1962.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Oral history interview with Friedrich Hund, 1963 June 25 and 26.
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 Harrison M. Randall, 1964 February 19, 20 and 1965 June 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with J. H. Van Vleck, 1963 October 2 and 4.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with James Stark Koehler, 1981 March 6.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas, 1962 May 10.
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
The University of Michigan Department of Physics, 1843-1944, 1944.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Walter F. Colby papers, 1924-1970.
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2113, USA
Published Resources
Subject
"David Mathias Dennison: 1900-1976", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences