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May 3, 1923 – May 6, 2007
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Novick, Robert
Robert Novick was Professor Emeritus of Physics at Columbia University (1993-2007). Other institutional affiliations included the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research interests included atomic physics, collisions and frequency standards, quantum electronics, nuclear moments, and x-ray astronomy.
May 3, 1923Birth, New York (N.Y.).
1944Obtained ME, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken (N.J.).
1946 – 1947Microwave Engineer, Wheeler Laboratories, Inc.
1949Obtained MS, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken (N.J.).
1954 – 1957Research Associate (1954-1957) and Adjunct Assistant Professor (1955-1957), Columbia University, New York (N.Y.).
1955Obtained PhD in Physics, Columbia University, New York (N.Y.).
1957 – 1960Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
1960 – 2007Associate Professor of Physics (1960-1962); Director, Columbia Radiation Laboratory (1960-1968); Professor of Physics (1962-1993); Co-Director, Astrophysics Laboratory (1968-1992); Chair, Department of Physics (1983-1988); and Professor Emeritus of Physics (1993-2007), Columbia University, New York (N.Y.).
1962 – 1965Member, Advisory Panel on Physics, National Science Foundation.
1964 – 1965Chair, Subpanel on Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Academy of Sciences.
1966 – 1969Member, Advisory Panel to the National Bureau of Standards Atomic Physics Division, National Academy of Sciences.
May 6, 2007Death.
Atomic physicist.
Lamb, Willis E. (Willis Eugene), 1913-2008
PhD advisor at Columbia University, "Fine structure of singly ionized helium."
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Dunning, John R. (John Ray), 1907-1975
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Foley, Henry Michael, 1917-1982
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Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Jackson, John David, 1925-2016
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Kerst, Donald William, 1911-1993
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Loomis, F. W. (Francis Wheeler), 1889-1976
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Rabi, I. I. (Isidor Isaac), 1898-1988
Both employed at Columbia University.
Rainwater, L. James (Leo James), 1917-1986
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Sachs, Allan M. (Allan Maxwell), 1921-1989
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Both employed at Columbia University.
Schrieffer, J. R. (John Robert), 1931-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at Columbia University.
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Thomas, Llewellyn Hilleth, 1903-1992
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Ting, S. C. C. (Samuel Chao-chung), 1936-
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Wu, C. S. (Chien-shiung), 1912-1997
Both employed at Columbia University.
Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory (Columbia University)
Co-Director.
Columbia University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD (1955). Department Chair; Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; Professor Emeritus of Physics; and Director, Radiation Laboratory.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Chair, Subpanel on Atomic and Molecular Physics; and Member. Advisory Panel to the National Bureau of Standards Atomic Physics Division.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Member, Advisory Panel on Physics.
Stevens Institute of Technology
Obtained ME (1944) and MS (1949).
Columbia University Department of Physics records, 1870-1983 (bulk 1940-1970).
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Columbia University
Butler Library, 6th Floor East, New York, NY 10027, USA
Thirty years since parity nonconservation : a symposium for T.D. Lee / edited by Robert Novick.