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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectCarl Eckart
Dates
May 4, 1902 – October 23, 1973
Authorized Form of Name
Eckart, Carl, 1902-1973
Additional Forms of Names
Eckart, Carl Henry, 1902-1973
Biography
Abstract
Carl Eckart was Emeritus Professor of Geophysics at Scripps Institute of Oceanography (1948-1973). Other institutional affiliations included the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Chicago. His research interests included underwater acoustics and quantum mechanics.
Important Dates
May 4, 1902Birth, St. Louis (Mo.).
1922Obtained BS, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis (Mo.).
1923Obtained MS, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis (Mo.).
1925Obtained PhD in Physics, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1925 – 1927National Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology.
1927 – 1928Guggenheim Fellow, University of Munich.
1928 – 1946Assistant Professor of Physics (1928-1931) and Associate Professor of Physics (1931-1946), University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1942 – 1946Assistant Director to Director, Division of War Research, University of California.
1946 – 1952Director, Marine Physical Laboratory, University of California, San Diego (Calif.).
1948 – 1973Director (1948-1951); Professor of Geophysics (1948-1971); and Emeritus Professor of Geophysics (1971-1973), Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.).
1953Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1963 – 1967Chair, Academic Senate (1963-1965) and Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs (1965-1967), University of California, San Diego.
October 23, 1973Death, La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.).
Occupation
Geophysicist and physical oceanographer.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954
PhD Advisor at Princeton University, "Metastable helium and post-arc conductivity."
Hughes, Darrell S. (Darrell Stephen)
Advised by Eckart at University of Chicago, "Isotope separation in the spectra of Li I."
Colleagues
Allison, Samuel King, 1900-1965
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Epstein, Paul S. (Paul Sophus), 1883-1966
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Houston, W. V. (William Vermillion), 1900-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Simpson, John A. (John Alexander), 1916-2000
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Tolman, Richard C. (Richard Chace), 1881-1948
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Weinberg, Alvin Martin, 1915-2006
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Williams, John H. (John Harry), 1908-
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Additional
Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984
Froman, Darol K. (Darol Kenneth), 1906-1997
Hasselmann, Klaus, 1931-
Lorentz, H. A. (Hendrik Antoon), 1853-1928
McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962
Munk, Walter H. (Walter Heinrich), 1917-
Raitt, Russell W. (Russell Watson), 1907-1995
Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957
Shapiro, Maurice M. (Maurice Mandel), 1915-
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Institutions
Major Positions
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Director, Professor of Geophysics, and Emeritus Professor of Geophysics.
University of California, San Diego
Assistant Director to Director, Division of War Research; Director, Marine Physical Laboratory; Chair, Academic Senate; and Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs.
University of Chicago. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor of Physics and Associate Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
National Research Fellow.
Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics (1925).
Universität München
Guggenheim Fellow.
Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Engineering and Applied Science
Obtained BS (1922) and MS (1923).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Carl Eckart papers, 1921-1973 (bulk 1935-1970).
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA
Carl Henry Eckart papers, 1908-1974 (bulk 1948-1973).
Mandeville Special Collections Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Oral history interview with Carl Henry Eckart, 1962 May 31.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Scripps Institution of Oceanography biographical files, 1903-1981.
Mandeville Special Collections Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Mandeville Special Collections Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Mandeville Special Collections Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Subject
John Von Neumann papers, 1912-1996 (bulk 1935-1957).
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA
Oral history interview with Darol Kenneth Froman, 1976 June 7.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Klaus Hasselmann, 2006 February 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Maurice Mandel Shapiro, 1978 May 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Paul Sophus Epstein, 1962 May 25, 26 and June 2.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert S. Shankland, 1974 August 20 and 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Walter Heinrich Munk, 1997 January 8, September 16, 17, 1998 February 4 and 5.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Robert R. McMath papers, 1916-1962.
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2113, USA
Russel W. Raitt papers, 1922-1996.
Mandeville Special Collections Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Published Resources
Author
Subject
"Carl Henry Eckart: 1902-1973", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences.