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Archival as AuthorPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectDavid N. Schramm
Dates
October 25, 1945 – December 19, 1997
Authorized Form of Name
Schramm, David N.
Additional Forms of Names
Schramm, D. N. (David N.)
Schramm, David N., 1945-1997
Schramm, David N. (David Norman), 1945-1997
Biography
Abstract
David Schramm was Louis Block Professor of Physical Sciences at University of Chicago (1982-1997). His research interests included particle physics, astrophysics, cosmology, neutrinos, cosmic rays, and Big Bang nucleosynthesis.
Important Dates
October 25, 1945Birth, St. Louis (Mo.).
1967Obtained BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1971Obtained PhD in Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1972Visiting Fellow, Institute for Astronomy, Cambridge University.
1972 – 1974Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Austin.
1974 – 1978Consultant, Aerospace Corporation.
1974 – 1997Associate Professor of Astrophysics (1974-1976); Professor, Enrico Fermi Institute (1977-1982); Chair, Department of Astrophysics (1978-1984); Louis Block Professor of Physical Sciences (1982-1997); and Member, Committee for the Conceptual Foundations of Science (1984-1997), University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1975 – 1997Consultant, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
1977Visiting Professor, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
1978 – 1981Associate Editor, American Journal of Physics, American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
1981 – 1997Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Utah.
1982 – 1997Consultant, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
1985Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University.
1986Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1992Visiting Professor, Miller Institute, University of California, Berkeley.
1992 – 1997Consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1992 – 1997Chair, Board of Trustees, Aspen Center for Physics.
1993Awarded Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society.
December 19, 1997Death, Byers (Colo.).
Occupation
Particle astrophysicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Holzhauer, Melinda
First Wife.
Schramm, Betty
Mother.
Schramm, David Cary
Son.
Schramm, Derik Brett
Son.
Schramm, Marvin
Father.
Zielinski, Judith Jane
Second Wife. Married in 1986.
Advisors & Collaborators
Co-wrote "From quarks to the cosmos: Tools of discovery."
Riordan, Michael, 1946-
Co-wrote "The shadows of creation: Dark matter and the structure of the universe."
Colleagues
Chandrasekhar, S. (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Parker, E. N. (Eugene Newman), 1927-
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Simpson, John A. (John Alexander), 1916-2000
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute.
Both employed at University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute.
Additional
Institutions
Major Positions
Carnegie-Mellon University. Physics Department
Distinguished Visiting Scientist.
Enrico Fermi Institute
Professor.
University of Chicago. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Associate Professor of Astrophysics; Department Chair; and Louis Block Professor of Physical Sciences.
University of Texas at Austin. Department of Astronomy
Assistant Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Aerospace Corporation
Consultant.
American Association of Physics Teachers
Associate Editor, American Journal of Physics.
Received 1993 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize.
Aspen Center for Physics
Chair, Board of Trustees.
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Obtained PhD in Physics (1971).
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Consultant.
Consultant.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Consultant.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Consultant.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Obtained BS (1967).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Visiting Professor.
University of California, Berkeley. Miller Institute for Basic Research
Visiting Professor.
University of Cambridge. Institute of Astronomy
Visiting Fellow.
University of Chicago
Member, Committee for the Conceptual Foundations of Science.
University of Utah. Department of Physics & Astronomy
Adjunct Professor.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
David N. Schramm papers, 1967-1997.
The Joseph Regenstein Library. Department of Special Collections
University of Chicago
1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Gravity Research Foundation essays and abstracts, 1949-2016.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with David Schramm, 1988 March 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Cosmology and particle physics / edited by David Lindley, Edward W. Kolb, David N. Schramm.
From quarks to the cosmos : tools of discovery / Leon M. Lederman, David N. Schramm.
The big bang and other explosions in nuclear particle astrophysics / David N. Schramm.
Subject
"David Norman Schramm: 1945-1997", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences