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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorCity University of New York. City College. Physics Department
Dates
1961 – present
Authorized Form of Name
City University of New York. City College. Physics Department
Additional Forms of Names
City University of New York. City College. Physics Dept.
Institutional History
Abstract
Renamed in 1961 when it became part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system. In 1969 the College was poised to begin construction on its long needed science building and soon would welcome Robert E. Marshak, a physicist of international reputation as its president (1970-1979). The university continues to reflect a tradition of scientific excellence with faculty members of the National Academies of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering, fellows of the American Physical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The department sponsors research in biophysics, high-energy physics, condensed matter and soft-condensed matter physics, ultrafast spectroscopy and photonics among others.
Important Dates
1961Department was renamed when the university became part of the newly established City University of New York (CUNY), New York (N.Y.).
1964 – presentMyriam Sarachik has been on faculty.
1971 – 2002Melvin Lax was on faculty.
1973 – 1978Harry Swinney was on faculty.
1974 – 2010Herman Cummins was on faculty.
Places
Headquarters
Subjects
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Citations
From the City University of New York Physics Department homepage.
Relationships
People
Employees & Officers
Visiting Presidential Professor of Physics.
Distinguished Professor of Physics and Distinguished Professor of Physics, Emeritus.
Distinguished Professor of Physics.
Assistant Professor of Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; Distinguished Professor of Physics; and Executive Officer, PhD Program in Physics.
Associate Professor and Professor of Physics.
PhD Students
Received MS (1977) and PhD in Solid-State Physics (1980).
Associates & Members
Received BS in 1963.
Finkelstein, David Ritz, 1929-
Marshak, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1916-1992
Institutions
Institutional Hierarchy
City University of New York. City College
College of the City of New York (1926-1961). City College. Physics Department
Changed names in 1961 when the City University of New York was formally established.
Associates
American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics
Participated in the study of multi-institutional collaborations.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Department of Physics personnel files and curriculum vitae, 1939-1969.
Archives and Special Collections
City College of the City University of New York
North Academic Center, New York, NY 10031, USA
Department of Physics records, 1898-1998 (bulk 1960-1985).
Archives and Special Collections
City College of the City University of New York
North Academic Center, New York, NY 10031, USA
Department of Physics records, 1913-1969.
Archives and Special Collections
City College of the City University of New York
North Academic Center, New York, NY 10031, USA
Subject
Division of Science Office of the Dean records, 1970-1977.
Archives and Special Collections
City College of the City University of New York
North Academic Center, New York, NY 10031, USA
Oral history interview with David Finkelstein, 2013 February 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Fred P. Burns, 1987 March 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Paul Yergin response to 1981 History of Nuclear Physics Survey, 1982.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Robert Marshak papers, 1947-1992.
Carol M. Newman Library. Special Collections Department
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
P. O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001, USA
Published Resources
Author
CCNY Physics Symposium in celebration of Melvin Lax's sixtieth birthday / edited by H. Falk.