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Archival as AuthorRoland W. Schmitt
Dates
July 24, 1923 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Schmitt, Roland W.
Biography
Abstract
Roland Schmitt is President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (1993-present). Other institutional affiliations include General Electric Company (GE). His research interests are in solid state physics.
Important Dates
July 24, 1923Birth, Seguin (Tex.).
1947Obtained BA in Mathematics and BS in Physics, University of Texas, Austin, Austin (Tex.).
1948Obtained MA in Physics, University of Texas, Austin, Austin (Tex.).
1951Obtained PhD in Physics, Rice Institute, Houston (Tex.).
1951 – 1988Research Associate in Physics, GE Research Laboratory (1951-1957); Manager, Materials Studies Section, GE Research Laboratory (1957-1965); Manager, Metallurgy and Ceramics Laboratory (1966-1967); Research and Development Manager, Physical Science and Engineering (1967-1974); Research and Development Manager, Energy Science and Engineering (1974-1978); Vice President and Director, Research and Development Center (1978-1986); and Senior Vice President, Research and Development (1986-1988), General Electric Company (GE), Schenectady (N.Y.).
1978 – 1988Member, Board of Directors, Industrial Research Institute.
1982 – 1994Member (1982-1994) and Chair (1984-1988), National Science Board.
1983 – 1989Member, Council, National Academy of Engineering.
1987 – 1989Member, Board of Directors, Council on Superconductivity for American Competitiveness.
1987 – 1997Member, Board of Directors, General Signal Corporation.
1988 – presentPresident (1988-1993) and President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus (1993-present), Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Troy (N.Y.).
1993Awarded George E. Pake Prize, American Physical Society.
1993 – 1998Chair, Science Advisory Board Associates, Motorola Corporation.
1993 – 1998Chair, Governing Board, American Institute of Physics.
1993 – 1998Member, Advisory Board, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Occupation
Solid state physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Physics -- Industrial applications.
Relationships
People
Family
Calhoun, Alice V., 1930-
First Wife. Married 1951 to 1956.
Kunz, Clair F., 1928-
Second Wife. Married in 1957.
Schmitt, Alice, 1958-
Daughter.
Schmitt, Brian, 1954-
Son.
Schmitt, Henry, 1961-
Son.
Schmitt, Lorenz, 1952-
Son.
Schmitt, Myrtle F. Caldwell
Mother.
Schmitt, Walter L.
Father.
Colleagues
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Coolidge, William David, 1873-1975
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Hull, Albert Wallace, 1880-1966
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Suits, C. Guy (Chauncey Guy), 1905-1991
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Webb, M. B. (Maurice Barnett), 1926-
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Institutions
Major Positions
General Electric Company. Research and Development Center
Manager, Metallurgy and Ceramics Laboratory; Research and Development Manager, Physical Science and Engineering; Research and Development Manager, Energy Science and Engineering; Vice President and Director, Research and Development Center; and Senior Vice President, Research and Development.
General Electric Company. Research Laboratory
Research Associate in Physics and Manager, Materials Studies Section.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
President, and President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Chairman, Governing Board.
Received 1993 George E. Pake Prize.
Industrial Research Institute (Washington, D.C.)
Member, Board of Directors.
Motorola, Inc.
Chair, Science Advisory Board Associates.
National Academy of Engineering
Member, Council.
National Science Board (U.S.)
Member and Chair.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Member, Advisory Board.
Rice University. Physics and Astronomy Department
Obtained PhD (1951).
University of Texas at Austin. Department of Mathematics
Obtained BA (1947).
University of Texas at Austin. Department of Physics
Obtained BS (1947) and MA (1948).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
A discovery and its uses : The story of particle tracks in solids, 1975.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Research at General Electric, 1979.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA