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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectJ. A. Krumhansl
Dates
August 2, 1919 – May 6, 2004
Authorized Form of Name
Krumhansl, J. A. (James A.)
Additional Forms of Names
Krumhansl, James A.
Biography
Abstract
James A. Krumhansl was Emeritus Horace White Professor of Physics at Cornell University (1959-2004). Other institutional affiliations included National Carbon Company and Brown University. His research interests included condensed matter physics and materials science.
Important Dates
August 2, 1919Birth, Cleveland (Ohio).
1939Obtained BS, University of Dayton, Dayton (Ohio).
1940Obtained MS, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland (Ohio).
1943Obtained PhD in Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1943 – 1944Instructor in Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1944 – 1946Physicist, Stromberg-Carlson Company.
1946 – 1948Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Brown University.
1948 – 1955Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1955 – 1958Assistant Director to Associate Director of Research, National Carbon Company (now Union Carbide Corporation).
1957 – 1960Editor, Journal of Applied Physics.
1959 – 2004Professor of Physics (1959-1981); Director, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (1960-1964); Horace White Professor of Physics (1981-1990); and Emeritus Horace White Professor of Physics (1990-2004), Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1966 – 1967National Science Foundation (NSF) Senior Fellow, Oxford University.
1973 – 1978Member, Governing Board, American Institute of Physics.
1974 – 1978Senior Editor, Physical Review Letters.
1977Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford University.
1977 – 1979Assistant Director for Mathematics, Physical Science, and Engineering, National Science Foundation.
1980 – 1982Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania.
1980 – 1987Member, Board of Directors, Allied Corporation.
1982 – 1983Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford University.
1989President, American Physical Society.
1990 – 2004Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
May 6, 2004Death, Lebanon (N.H.).
Occupation
Condensed matter physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Beale, Paul Drew
Advised by Krumhansl at Cornell University, "Theory of structural phase transitions."
Smith, Lloyd Preston, 1903-
PhD advisor at Cornell University on microwave cavity klystron.
Colleagues
Both employed at Cornell University.
Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Courant, Ernest D. (Ernest David), 1920-
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Feigenbaum, Mitchell, 1944-2019
Both employed at Cornell University.
Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988
Both employed at Cornell University.
Fisher, Michael E. (Michael Ellis)
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Lin, C. C. (Chia-Chʻiao), 1916-2013
Both employed at Brown University.
McDaniel, Boyce D. (Boyce Dawkins), 1917-
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Overhauser, Albert Warner, 1925-
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Richardson, Robert C. (Robert Coleman), 1937-2013
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff)
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Teukolsky, Saul A. (Saul Arno), 1947-
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Wilson, Kenneth G. (Kenneth Geddes), 1936-2013
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Additional
Landauer, Rolf William, 1927-1999
Silsbee, Robert H., 1929-
Institutions
Major Positions
Senior Editor, Physical Review Letters and President.
Brown University. Department of Applied Mathematics
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics.
Brown University. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics.
Cornell University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics (1943). Instructor in Physics; Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; Director, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics; Horace White Professor of Physics; and Emeritus Horace White Professor of Physics.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Assistant Director for Mathematics, Physical Science, and Engineering.
Stromberg-Carlson
Physicist.
Union Carbide Corporation
Assistant Director to Associate Director of Research.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Adjunct Professor of Physics.
University of Pennsylvania. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Adjunct Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
AIP Publishing, LLC
Editor, Journal of Applied Physics.
All Souls College (University of Oxford)
Visiting Fellow.
Allied Corporation
Member, Board of Directors.
Member, Governing Board.
Case Institute of Technology
Obtained MS (1940).
University of Dayton. Department of Physics
Obtained BS (1939).
University of Oxford. Department of Physics
National Science Foundation (NSF) Senior Fellow.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
James Krumhansl papers, 1943-1990.
Carl A. Kroch Library. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University
2B Carl A Kroch Library, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Special session on cold fusion, I, II [videorecording]
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Oral history interview with Robert Herman Silsbee, 1982 March 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Rolf William Landauer, 1984 October 17.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA