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Archival as SubjectPublished as SubjectEugene Guth
Dates
August 21, 1905 – July 5, 1990
Authorized Form of Name
Guth, Eugene
Biography
Abstract
Eugene Guth was awarded the Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology in 1965. His institutional affiliations include University of Vienna, University of Notre Dame, the Office of Naval Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Important Dates
August 21, 1905Birth, Budapest (Hungary).
1928PhD in Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria).
1928 – 1931Post-doc research associate, Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich), Zurich (Switzerland).
1932 – 1937Professor of physics, University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria).
1937 – 1955Faculty (1937-1941); Professor (1941-1945); Research professor (1945-1955); Director of Polymer Physics Laboratory (1941-1955), University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame (Ind.).
1943 – 1944Director, Rubber Research Project, Office of Naval Research.
1956 – 1971Technical adviser, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge (Tenn.).
1965Awarded the Bingham Medal, Society of Rheology.
1968 – 1990Part-time Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville (Tenn.).
1971 – 1972Visiting Professor, Rice University, Houston (Tex.).
1978Awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Vienna.
1983Honorary member, Sigma Pi Sigma.
July 5, 1990Death.
Occupation
Polymer physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Advisor, University of Leipzig.
James, Hubert Maxwell, 1908-
Co-developed first quantitative network theory of rubber elasticity.
Mark, H. F. (Herman Francis), 1895-1992
Co-developed model for the statistical mechanics of coiled polymers that became a cornerstone of kinetic theory of rubber elasticity.
Mullin, Charles J.,
Advised by Guth, Notre Dame.
Advisor, Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
Thirring, Hans, 1888-1976
Advisor, University of Vienna.
Wiedenbeck, M. L. (Marcellus Lee)
Advised by Guth, Notre Dame.
Additional
Overberger, C. G. (Charles Gilbert), 1920-
Institutions
Major Positions
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Post-doc research associate.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Technical advisor.
United States. Office of Naval Research
Director, Rubber research project.
Universität Wien
Ph.D in Physics (1928); Research Associate; Professor of Physics; and awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award (1978).
University of Notre Dame
Faculty; Professor; Research Professor; and Direcotr, Polymer Physics Laboratory.
University of Tennessee (Knoxville campus)
Professor of Physics and Atronomy.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Rice University
Visiting Professor.
Sigma Pi Sigma
Honorary member.
Recipient of 1965 Bingham Medal.
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
C. G. Overberger letter to Dr. Eugene Guth, 1967.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Herman Francis Mark, 1979 March 19.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Subject
Dr. Eugene Guth, Theoretical and Experimental Physicist, personal biographical site.