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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectWalter E. Meyerhof
Dates
April 29, 1922 – May 27, 2006
Authorized Form of Name
Meyerhof, Walter E. (Walter Ernst), 1922-
Additional Forms of Names
Meyerhof, Walter Ernst, 1922-
Biography
Abstract
Walter Meyerhof was Emeritus Professor of Physics at Stanford University (1992-2006). Other institutional affiliations included the University of Illinois and University of Pennsylvania. His research interests included threshold effects in nuclear reactions, particularly reactions in four and five nucleon systems, and atomic physics at high collision energies.
Important Dates
April 29, 1922Birth, Kiel (Germany).
1944Obtained MA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.).
1944 – 1946Research Physicist, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.).
1946Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.).
1946 – 1949Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois.
1949 – 2006Assistant Professor to Associate Professor (1949-1959); Professor (1959-1992); Chair, Department of Physics (1970-1977); and Emeritus Professor of Physics (1992-2006), Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
May 27, 2006Death, Los Altos (Calif.).
Occupation
Nuclear and atomic physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
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.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Hahn, E. L. (Erwin Louis), 1921-
Both employed at Stanford University.
Hänsch, T. W. (Theo W.), 1941-
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.
Both employed at Stanford University.
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.
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 University of Pennsylvania and 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.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Stanford University. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor; Professor; Department Chair; and Emeritus Professor of Physics.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor of Physics.
University of Pennsylvania. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Obtained MA (1944) and PhD (1946). Research Physicist.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Special session on cold fusion, I, II [videorecording]
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Stanford University Department of Physics lectures, 1965-1980.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Walter E. Meyerhof papers, 1948-1994.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Walter E. Meyerhof response to 1981 History of Nuclear Physics Survey, 1982.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Responses to 1981 History of Nuclear Physics Survey, 1981.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Stanford University Department of Physics records, 1905-1994 (bulk 1960-1994).
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Published Resources
Author
Elements of nuclear physics [by] Walter E. Meyerhof.
In the shadow of love : stories from my life / by Walter Meyerhof.