Albert Warner Overhauser

Dates

August 17, 1925 – December 10, 2011

Authorized Form of Name

Overhauser, Albert Warner, 1925-

Biography

Abstract

Albert Overhauser was Stuart Distinguished Professor of Physics at Purdue University (1974-2011). Other institutional affiliations included Ford Motor Company and Cornell University. His research interests included many-electron theory, transport theory, and neutron interferometry.

Important Dates

August 17, 1925Birth, San Diego (Calif.).

1948Obtained AB, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).

1951Obtained PhD in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).

1951 – 1953Research Associate, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

1953 – 1958Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).

1958 – 1973Supervisor, Solid State Physics (1958-1962); Manager, Mathematical and Theoretical Sciences (1962-1969); Assistant Director, Physical Science Laboratory (1969-19792); and Director, Physical Science Laboratory (1972-1973), Ford Motor Company, Dearborn (Mich.).

1973 – 2011Professor of Physics (1973-1974) and Stuart Distinguished Professor of Physics (1974-2011), Purdue University, West Lafayette (Ind.).

1975Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.

1976Member, National Academy of Sciences.

1994Awarded National Medal of Science.

December 10, 2011Death, West Lafayette (Ind.).

Occupation

Solid state physicist.

Places

Subjects

Condensed matter.

Nuclear spin.

Solid state physics.

Relationships

People

Advisors & Collaborators

Hopfield, John J.

Advised by Overhauser at Cornell University on quantum theory of crystals.

Kittel, Charles

PhD advisor at University of California, Berkeley, "Studies in the Electron Theory of Metals."

Colleagues

Abrahams, Elihu

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Almy, Gerald Marks, 1904-

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Bardeen, John

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Baym, Gordon

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005

Both employed at Cornell University.

Chew, Geoffrey F.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Corson, Dale R.

Both employed at Cornell University.

Dresselhaus, M. S.

Both employed at Cornell University.

Dyson, Freeman J.

Both employed at Cornell University.

Frauenfelder, Hans, 1922-

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Greisen, Kenneth

Both employed at Cornell University.

Kerst, Donald William, 1911-1993

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Kinoshita, T. (Toichiro)

Both employed at Cornell University.

Krumhansl, J. A. (James A.)

Both employed at Cornell University.

Lazarus, David, 1921-

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Loomis, F. W. (Francis Wheeler), 1889-1976

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

McDaniel, Boyce D. (Boyce Dawkins), 1917-

Both employed at Cornell University.

Morrison, Philip

Both employed at Cornell University.

Pines, David, 1924-2018

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Seitz, Frederick, 1911-2008

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff)

Both employed at Cornell University.

Slichter, Charles P.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Wheatley, John Charles

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Wilson, Robert R., 1914-2000

Both employed at Cornell University.

Ford Motor Company

Supervisor, Solid State Physics; Manager, Mathematical and Theoretical Sciences; Assistant Director, Physical Science Laboratory; and Director, Physical Science Laboratory.

Purdue University. Department of Physics

Professor of Physics and Stuart Distinguished Professor of Physics.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Physics

Research Associate.