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Published as SubjectRobert Meservey
Dates
April 1, 1921 – June 18, 2013
Authorized Form of Name
Meservey, Robert, 1921-
Biography
Abstract
Robert Meservey was Senior Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Francis Bitter Magnetic Laboratory (1963-2013). Other institutional affiliations included Perkin Elmer Corporation and the United States Army. His research interests ranged from optics to superfluid helium and flux quantization in superconductors. His most impactful work involved the experimental discovery that the current flowing in tunnel junctions could be separated into spin-up and spin-down parts.
Important Dates
April 1, 1921Birth, Hanover (N.H.).
1943Obtained BA, Dartmouth College, Hanover (N.H.).
1945 – 1946Physicist, Engineering Research and Development Laboratory, United States Army.
1951 – 1955Physicist, Engineering Research and Development Laboratory, United States Army.
1955 – 1960Consultant, Perkin Elmer Corporation, Waltham (Mass.).
1961Obtained PhD in Physics, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1961 – 2013Physicist, Lincoln Laboratory (1961-1963) and Senior Scientist, Francis Bitter Magnetic Laboratory (1963-2013), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
2009Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
June 18, 2013Death, Cambridge (Mass.).
Occupation
Low temperature physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Meservey, Arthur B.
Father.
Meservey, Diana
Daughter.
Meservey, Sarah
Daughter.
Miller, Evelyn Bradford
Wife. Married 1953.
Advisors & Collaborators
Lane, Cecil Taverner, 1904-
PhD advisor at Yale University, "An Optical Study of the Dynamics of Liquid Helium."
Advised by Meservey at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory.
Colleagues
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lincoln Laboratory.
Edwards, David F. (David Franklin)
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lincoln Laboratory.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lincoln Laboratory.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lincoln Laboratory.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory.
Institutions
Major Positions
Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory
Senior Scientist.
Lincoln Laboratory
Physicist.
United States. Army
Physicist, Engineering Research and Development Laboratory.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 2009 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
Dartmouth College. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Obtained BA (1943).
Perkin-Elmer Corporation
Consultant.
Yale University. Physics Department
Obtained PhD (1961).
Resources
Published Resources
Subject
Robert Meservey Massachusetts Institute of Technology obituary.