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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectPaul Kirkpatrick
Dates
July 21, 1894 – December 26, 1992
Authorized Form of Name
Kirkpatrick, Paul
Additional Forms of Names
Kirkpatrick, Paul Harmon
Biography
Abstract
Paul H. Kirkpatrick was Emeritus Professor of Physics at Stanford University (1931-1992). Other institutional affiliations included the University of Hawaii and Hangchow College, China. His research interests included x-rays and physics education.
Important Dates
July 21, 1894Birth, Wessington (S.D.).
1916Obtained BS, Occidental College, Los Angeles (Calif.).
1916 – 1918Instructor of Physics and English, Hangchow College, China.
1923Obtained PhD in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1923 – 1925Instructor, summer sessions, University of California, Los Angeles.
1923 – 1931Professor of Physics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu (Hawaii).
1931 – 1992Acting Associate Professor (1931-1932); Associate Professor (1932-1937); Professor (1937-1959); Chair, Department of Physics (1941-1948); and Emeritus Professor (1959-1992), Stanford University, Palo Alto (Calif.).
1956 – 1958Visiting Professor, University of the Philippines.
1960 – 1961Consultant, Missiles and Space Division, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.
1960 – 1961Visiting Professor, Wesleyan University.
December 26, 1992Death, Palo Alto (Calif.).
Occupation
Particle physicist and physics educator.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Relationships
People
Family
Abbe, Pauline Kirkpatrick
Daughter.
Kirkpatrick, Mary Rose
Wife.
Morrell, Nancy Kirkpatrick
Daughter.
Advisors & Collaborators
Saunders, Frederick A. (Frederick Albert), 1875-1963
Co-wrote book "College physics."
Colleagues
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-
Both employed at Stanford University.
Fairbank, William Martin, 1917-1989
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Friedman, Jerome I. (Jerome Isaac), 1930-
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Hahn, E. L. (Erwin Louis), 1921-
Both employed at Stanford University.
Hansen, W. W. (William Webster), 1909-1949
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Kendall, Henry W. (Henry Way), 1926-1999
Both employed at Stanford University.
Lamb, Willis E. (Willis Eugene), 1913-2008
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Meyerhof, Walter E. (Walter Ernst), 1922-
Both employed at Stanford University.
Nelson, Ann E. (Ann Elizabeth)
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999
Both employed at Stanford University.
Schiff, Leonard I. (Leonard Isaac), 1915-1971
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Terman, Frederick Emmons, 1900-1982
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Webster, David Locke, 1888-1976
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Consultant, Missiles and Space Division.
Stanford University. Department of Physics
Acting Associate Professor; Associate Professor; Professor; Chair, Department of Physics; and Emeritus Professor.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Physics
Instructor, summer sessions.
University of Hawaii at Manoa. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Professor of Physics.
University of the Philippines
Visiting Professor of Physics.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.). Department of Physics
Visiting Professor.
Zhejiang da xue
Instructor of Physics and English.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Association of Physics Teachers
President.
Cornell University. Department of Physics
Occidental College. Department of Physics
Obtained BS (1916).
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics (1923).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Paul H. Kirkpatrick autobiography, 1971.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Paul H. Kirkpatrick letters, 1959-1961.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Paul Kirkpatrick papers, 1955-1958.
Archives
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Some personal actions and reactions, 1971.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Stanford University Department of Physics records, 1937-1949.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Subject
William W. Hansen papers, 1925-1974.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Published Resources
Author
College physics / by Frederick A. Saunders and Paul Kirkpatrick.
Subject
Memorial Resolution Paul Harmon Kirkpatrick (1894-1992)