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Dates
October 15, 1928 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Fowler, Alan, 1928-
Additional Forms of Names
Fowler, Alan B.
Alan B. Fowler is IBM Fellow Emeritus at the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Other institutional affiliations include Raytheon Manufacturing Company. His research interests include surface physics and semiconductors.
October 15, 1928Birth, Denver (Colo.).
1951Obtained BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy (N.Y.).
1952Obtained MS, Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute, Troy (N.Y.).
1953 – 1956Researcher, Raytheon Manufacturing Company.
1958Obtained PhD in Applied Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1958 – presentIBM Fellow (1958-1993) and IBM Fellow Emeritus (1993-present), International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Armonk (N.Y.).
1988Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.
1990Member, National Academy of Sciences.
Solid state physicist.
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Piore, Emanuel Ruben, 1908-2000
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
International Business Machines (IBM) Fellow and IBM Fellow Emeritus.
Raytheon Company
Researcher.
Received 1988 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
Harvard University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Applied Physics (1958).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Obtained BS (1951) and MS (1952).