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Relationships

PeopleInstitutions

Resources

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Lee A. DuBridge

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Dates

September 21, 1901 – January 23, 1994

Authorized Form of Name

DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994

Additional Forms of Names

Bridge, Lee A. du (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994

Du Bridge, Lee A.

DuBridge, Lee Alvin, 1901-1994

Biography

Abstract

Lee Alvin DuBridge was President Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology (1946-1994). Other institutional affiliations included the University of Rochester and Washington University, St. Louis. His research interests included cyclotrons and biophysics.

Important Dates

September 21, 1901Birth, Terre Haute (Ind.).

1922Obtained AB, Cornell College, Mount Vernon (Iowa).

1924Obtained AM, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison (Wis.).

1926Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison (Wis.).

1926 – 1928National Research Council (NRC) Fellow, California Institute of Technology.

1928 – 1934Assistant Professor of Physics (1928-1933) and Associate Professor of Physics (1933-1934), Washington University, St. Louis, St. Louis (Mo.).

1934 – 1946Professor of Physics (1934-1946); Chair, Department of Physics (1934-1946); and Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science (1938-1942), University of Rochester, Rochester (N.Y.).

1940 – 1945Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Radiation Laboratory.

1943Member, National Academy of Sciences.

1945 – 1949Member, Scientific Advisory Board, United States Air Force.

1945 – 1951Member, Naval Research Advisory Committee, United States Navy.

1946 – 1948Member, Science Advisory Panel, United States Army.

1946 – 1994President (1946-1969) and President Emeritus (1969-1994), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).

1947President, American Physical Society.

1947 – 1952Member, General Advisory Committee, United States Atomic Energy Commission.

1948 – 1961Member, Board of Trustees, Rand Corporation.

1950 – 1954Member, National Science Board.

1951 – 1956Member (1951-1956) and Chair (1952-1956), Science Advisory Committee, United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

1953 – 1961Member, Board of Trustees, Air Pollution Foundation.

1956 – 1967Member, Board of Trustees, Rockefeller Foundation.

1958 – 1964Member, National Science Board.

1958 – 1966Member, Board of Trustees, Mellon Institute.

1964 – 1969Member, Board of Directors, National Educational Television.

1969 – 1970Director, Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President.

1969 – 1973Member (1969-1973) and Chair and Science Adviser to the President (1969-1970), President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC).

January 23, 1994Death, Duarte (Calif.).

Occupation

Science policy expert and academic administrator.

Places

Birth

Terre Haute (Ind.)

Undergraduate Education

Mount Vernon (Iowa)

Graduate Education

Madison (Wis.)

Employment

St. Louis (Mo.)

Rochester (N.Y.)

Pasadena (Calif.)

Death

Duarte (Calif.)

Subjects

Biophysics.

Cyclotrons.

Federal aid to research.

Particle accelerators.

Photoelectricity.

Radar.

Research grants.

Science and state.

Science consultants.

Scientists in government.

Vacuum-tubes.

World War, 1939-1945.

Relationships

People

Advisors & Collaborators

Dicke, Robert H. (Robert Henry)

Advised by DuBridge at University of Rochester, "Inelastic Scattering of Protons and Nuclear Energy Levels."

Hill, A. G. (Albert Gordon), 1910-1996

Advised by DuBridge at University of Rochester.

Hughes, Arthur Llewelyn, 1883-

Co-wrote Photoelectric Phenomena.

Maurer, Robert Joseph, 1913-

Advised by DuBridge at University of Rochester in Solid State Physics.

Mendenhall, Charles E. (Charles Elwood), 1872-1935

PhD Advisor at University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Colleagues

Adelberger, Eric G.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Anderson, Carl D. (Carl David), 1905-1991

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004

Both employed at California Institute of Technology and worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Bahcall, John N.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Baldeschwieler, John D., 1933-

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Bardeen, James Maxwell, 1939-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Barish, B. C. (Barry Clark), 1936-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Bateman, Harry, 1882-1946

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Bennett, Ivan L., Jr.

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Bitter, Francis, 1902-1967

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Boehm, Felix

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Bowman, J. D. (J. David)

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Bradbury, Norris, 1909-1997

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Bronk, Detlev W. (Detlev Wulf), 1897-1975

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Brown, Harold, 1927-2019

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Buckley, Oliver Ellsworth, 1887-1959

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Christy, Robert F.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Cole, Julian D.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962

Both employed at Washington University, St. Louis.

Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Dashen, Roger F.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

David, Edward E.

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Delbrück, Max

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Dryden, Hugh L. (Hugh Latimer), 1898-1965

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

DuMond, Jesse W. M. (Jesse William Monroe), 1892-1976

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Duwez, Pol

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Eckart, Carl, 1902-1973

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Epstein, Paul S. (Paul Sophus), 1883-1966

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Everhart, Thomas E.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Ference, Michael, 1911-

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Fisk, James B. (James Brown), 1910-1981

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Fitch, Val L., 1923-2015

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Fletcher, James Chipman, 1919-1991

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Fowler, William A.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Freedman, Daniel Z.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Friedman, Herbert, 1916-2000

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Garwin, Richard L.

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Gates, S. James

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Gell-Mann, Murray

Both employed at California Institute of Technology and worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Glashow, Sheldon L.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Glauber, Roy J., 1925-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Goldberger, Marvin L.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology and worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Gordy, Walter, 1909-1985

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Gould, Roy W. (Roy Walter), 1927-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Haggerty, Patrick E.

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Haskins, Caryl P. (Caryl Parker), 1908-2001

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Hellwarth, Robert Willis, 1930-2021

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Hewlett, William R.

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Holdren, John P.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Hornig, Donald F., 1920-2013

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Houston, W. V. (William Vermillion), 1900-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Kaspi, Victoria Michelle, 1967-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Killian, James Rhyne, 1904-1988

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Kimble, H. Jeff (Harry Jeffrey), 1949-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Kirkwood, John Gamble, 1907-1959

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Koonin, Steven E.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Kryder, Mark H.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Land, Edwin Herbert, 1909-1991

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Lange, Andrew

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Lauritsen, Charles Christian, 1892-1968

Both employed at California Institute of Technology and worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Lauritsen, Thomas, 1915-1973

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Leal, L. Gary

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Leighton, Robert B.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Liepmann, H. W. (Hans Wolfgang), 1914-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Loeb, Robert F. (Robert Frederick), 1895-1973

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Loomis, F. W. (Francis Wheeler), 1889-1976

Both employed at the Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

MacDonald, Gordon J. (Gordon James), 1929-2002

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Marshak, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1916-1992

Both employed at University of Rochester.

Mason, Max, 1877-1961

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

McKee, Christopher, 1942-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

McKeown, R. D.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Millikan, Clark Blanchard, 1903-1966

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Oddone, Piermaria J.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967

Both employed at California Institute of Technology and worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Pake, G. E. (George Edward)

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Pitzer, Kenneth S. (Kenneth Sanborn), 1914-

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Politzer, H. David, 1949-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Pope, S. B.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Prescott, Charles

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Press, Frank, 1924-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Rabi, I. I. (Isidor Isaac), 1898-1988

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Robertson, H. P. (Howard Percy), 1903-1961

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Schwarz, John H.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Sciulli, Frank J.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Seitz, Frederick, 1911-2008

Both employed at University of Rochester and worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Simon, Herbert A. (Herbert Alexander), 1916-2001

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Slichter, Charles P.

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Smith, Lloyd H., 1924-

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Spitzer, Frank, 1926-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Tape, Gerald Frederick, 1915-2005

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Teukolsky, Saul A. (Saul Arno), 1947-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Thomas, Charles Allen

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Thorne, Kip S.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Tollestrup, Alvin

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Tolman, Richard C. (Richard Chace), 1881-1948

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Townes, Charles H.

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Trilling, George H.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Truxal, John G.

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Tsuei, Chang C.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Waterman, Alan Tower, 1892-1967

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Weisskopf, Victor Frederick, 1908-2002

Both employed at University of Rochester.

Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Willmarth, William W.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Wise, Mark B., 1953-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Wood, Harland G. (Harland Goff), 1907-1991

Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.

Wu, Theodore Y.-T. (Theodore Yao-tsu)

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Yariv, Amnon

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank)

Both employed at University of Rochester.

Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach, 1905-1986

Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.

Zweig, George

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Additional

Adams, Walter S. (Walter Sydney), 1876-1956

Alvarez, Luis W., 1911-1988

Apker, LeRoy Woodard

Bainbridge, Kenneth T. (Kenneth Tompkins), 1904-1996

Beams, Jesse W. (Jesse Wakefield), 1898-1977

Beckler, David Z., 1918-

Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962

Bowen, Ira Sprague, 1898-1973

Bryant, John H.

Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974

Cockcroft, John, Sir, 1897-1967

Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954

Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974

Goetz, Alexander, 1897-1970

Greenstein, Jesse L. (Jesse Leonard), 1909-2002

Gutenberg, Hertha, 1897-1990

Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958

Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994

Pickering, W. H. (William Hayward), 1910-2004

Plesset, Milton S. (Milton Spinoza)

Purcell, Edward M.

Richter, Charles, 1900-1985

Ridenour, Louis N. (Louis Nicot), 1911-1959

Robinson, Denis Morrell, 1907-

Sharp, Robert P. (Robert Phillip)

Sullivan, Woodruff Turner

Tombrello, Thomas A.

Watters, Leon Laizer, 1877-

Wouk, Victor, 1919-2005

Institutions

Major Positions

California Institute of Technology

President and President Emeritus.

California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy

National Research Council (NRC) Fellow.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory

Director.

University of Rochester

Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science.

University of Rochester. Department of Physics and Astronomy

Professor of Physics and Chair, Department of Physics.

Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Department of Physics

Assistant Professor of Physics and Associate Professor of Physics.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

Air Pollution Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Member, Board of Trustees.

American Physical Society

President.

Bell Telephone Laboratories

Carnegie Institution of Washington

Carnegie-Mellon University

Member, Board of Trustees.

Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa)

Obtained AB.

Cornell University. Department of Physics

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Member.

National Educational Television and Radio Center

Member, Board of Directors.

National Research Council (U.S.)

National Science Board (U.S.)

Member.

Rand Corporation

Member, Board of Trustees.

Rockefeller Foundation

Member, Board of Trustees.

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

Member, General Advisory Committee.

United States. Air Force

Member, Scientific Advisory Board.

United States. Army

Member, Science Advisory Panel.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

United States. Naval Research Advisory Committee

Member.

United States. President's Science Advisory Committee

Director; Member; and Chair and Science Adviser to the President.

United States. Science Advisory Committee

Member and Chair.

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics

University of Wisconsin--Madison. Department of Physics

Obtained AM and PhD in Physics (1926).

Resources

Archival Resources

Author

Fiftieth anniversary dinner for Walter Sydney Adams [sound recording] / 1954 December 20.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Lee A. DuBridge papers, 1932-1986.

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

National Air and Space Museum Rand History Project oral history interviews, 1985-1990.

Archives Division

Smithsonian Institution. National Air and Space Museum

MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560, USA

Oral history interview with Lee A. DuBridge, 1968 December 13.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Lee A. DuBridge, 1972 June 9.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Lee A. DuBridge, 1986 February 14.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Lee A. DuBridge, 1987 March 6.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Lee A. DuBridge, Parts I and II, 1981.

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Radiation Laboratory Reunion [sound recording], 1976 November.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Selected interviews with notes on the history of radar from the John Bryant collection.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

The effectiveness of scientific advice to government [sound recording] : a lecture series at the University of California, Santa Barbara / 1976.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

University of Rochester Department of Physics records, 1929-1946.

Rush Rhees Library. Dept. of Rare Books, Manuscripts and Archives

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY, 14627, USA

Subject

Alan Tower Waterman papers, 1918-1967 (bulk 1940-1963).

Manuscript Division

Library of Congress

James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA

Alexander Goetz papers, 1919-1976 (bulk 1930-1976).

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Brookhaven National Laboratory interview transcripts, 1966-1986.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Charles C. Lauritsen papers, 1927-1977 (bulk 1946-1973).

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Edward Condon papers, circa 1920-1974.

Library

American Philosophical Society

105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA

F. W. Loomis papers, 1920-1976.

University Archives

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

Frank Press papers, 1945-1997.

Institute Archives and Special Collections

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Hans Bethe papers, circa 1931-1992.

Carl A. Kroch Library. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

Cornell University

2B Carl A Kroch Library, Ithaca, NY 14853, 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

Jesse W. Beams selected correspondence, 1945-1949.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

John Bryant collection.

Archives.

Historical Electronics Museum, Inc.

P. O. Box 746, M.S. 4015, Baltimore, MD 21203, USA

Leon Watters papers, 1887-1967.

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Louis N. Ridenour papers, 1946-1959.

University Archives

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Midcentury Convocation records, 1949.

Institute Archives and Special Collections

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Mildred Howie student research files on cyclotrons, 1939.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

MIT Office of the President records of Karl Taylor Compton and James Rhyne Killian, 1930-1959.

Institute Archives and Special Collections

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Oral history interview with Albert Gordon Hill, 1982 June 25.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Charles F. Richter, 1978 February 15-September 1.

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Oral history interview with David Z. Beckler, 2001 August 22 and December 27.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Denis Morrell Robinson, 1991 June 10.

IEEE History Center

Rutgers University

39 Union Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA

Oral history interview with Edward M. Purcell, 1991 June 14.

IEEE History Center

Rutgers University

39 Union Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA

Oral history interview with Frederick Seitz, 1981 January 26, 27, March 24 and 1982 March 16.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Herbert F. York, 1986 February 7.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Hertha Gutenberg, 1980 February 6-13.

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Oral history interview with Ira Bowen, 1968 August 9 and 1969 August 26.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Jesse Leonard Greenstein, 1974 July 31.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Jesse Leonard Greenstein, 1977 April 7, July 21, 26 and 1978 May 19.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Jesse Leonard Greenstein, 1982 February 25, and March 16 and 23.

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Oral history interview with Kenneth Bainbridge, 1991 June 10.

IEEE History Center

Rutgers University

39 Union Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA

Oral history interview with Linus Pauling, 1984 May 10.

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Oral history interview with Milton Plesset, 1981 December 8.

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Oral History interview with Robert F. Bacher, 1981, 1983.

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Oral History interview with Robert F. Bacher, 1986 February 13.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Robert Joseph Maurer, 1981 March 10 and 15.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Robert Marshak, 1970 June 15, 16, September 19, and October 4.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral History interview with Robert P. Sharp, 1979-1980.

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Oral history interview with Thomas Tombrello, 2010 December 26-31.

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Oral history interview with Vannevar Bush, 1964.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral History interview with Victor Wouk, 24 May 2004.

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Oral History interview with William H. Pickering, 1978.

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Robert F. Bacher papers, 1924-1994.

Institute Archives

California Institute of Technology

1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Robert H. Dicke response to Laser History Project Survey, 1983.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Symposium honoring Lee Alvin DuBridge [sound recording] / 1984 September 21-22.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

The Princeton years and beyond, 1930-1940: Invited paper for the March 1992 meeting of the American Physical Society, 1992.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Washington University audiotape collection [sound recordings], 1946-1991.

Libraries. Special Collections

Washington University

Box 1061, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA

Woodruff T. Sullivan papers, 1946-2009.

Archives

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA

Published Resources

Author

"A Conversation with Lee Alvin DuBridge, Part I," Physics in Perspective 5 (2003): 174-205

"A Conversation with Lee Alvin DuBridge, Part II," Physics in Perspective 5 (2003): 281-309

"Lee Alvin DuBridge: 1901-1994", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences

"Project Vista, Caltech, and the Dilemmas of Lee DuBridge," Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences 34 (2004): 339-370

Introduction to space.

New theories of the photoelectric effect

Photoelectric phenomena

Subject

Lee DuBridge Physics Today obituary.