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Archival as SubjectPublished as AuthorUniversity of Pittsburgh. Department of Physics
Dates
1867 – present
Authorized Form of Name
University of Pittsburgh. Department of Physics
Additional Forms of Names
University of Pittsburgh. Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of Pittsburgh. Dept. of Physics
Institutional History
Abstract
The University of Pittsburgh's Department of Physics and Astronomy has a long and distinguished history of research and teaching from its founding in 1867 and its first chair Samuel Langley through to today. Currently the Department leads research that promise a deeper understanding of the Universe including in areas such as astrophysics and cosmology, condensed matter physics, and particle physics.
Important Dates
1867Founding of the Department of Physics and Samuel Langley served as its first chair, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1946 – 1948Elliott Montroll was on faculty.
1951 – 1974Thomas Donahue was on faculty.
1958 – presentBernard Cohen has been on faculty.
1960 – 1965Theodore Holstein was on faculty.
1960 – presentManfred Biondi has been on faculty.
1977 – 1991James Fletcher was on faculty.
Places
Headquarters
Subjects
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Citations
Historical information from the University of Pittsburgh Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brief History of the Department, http://www.physicsandastronomy.pitt.edu/about/brief-history-department.
Relationships
People
Employees & Officers
Biondi, Manfred Anthony, 1924-
Professor of Physics and Emeritus Professor of Physics.
Received MS (1948). Associate Professor; Professor of Physics; Professor Emeritus of Physics; and Director, Scaife Nuclear Physics Laboratory.
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; Director, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Science; and Director, Space Research Coordination Center.
Fletcher, James Chipman, 1919-1991
Whiteford Professor of Technology and Energy Resources.
Holstein, Theodore David, 1915-1985
Lecturer and Professor of Physics.
Instructor; Assistant Professor; Professor in Physics; and Head, Department of Physics.
Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906
Served as first Department Chair.
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics.
Adjunct Professor.
PhD Students
Received PhD (1957).
Received PhD (1952).
Associates & Members
Austern, Norman
Bleaney, B. (Brebis)
Gerjuoy, Edward
Hempel, Carl Gustav
Inglis, David Rittenhouse, 1905-1995
Portis, Alan M., 1926-
Pratt, Richard H., 1934-
Ruark, Arthur Edward, 1899-
Received BS.
Zworykin, V. K. (Vladimir Kosma), 1889-1982
Institutions
Institutional Hierarchy
Allegheny Observatory
Research observatory of the University of Pittsburgh.
University of Pittsburgh
Associates
American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics
Participated in the study of multi-institutional collaborations.
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Arthur E. Ruark biographical material, 1963.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Ben Bederson interview of Larry Spruch, Sidney Borowitz and Ed Gerjuoy [videorecording], 26 July 2004.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Carl Gustav Hempel papers, 1903-1997.
University Archives
University of Pittsburgh
7500 Thomas Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15208, USA
Edward Gerjuoy: from physics to law and back again, 2010.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Elmer Hutchisson papers, 1919-1982.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Norman Austern response to 1988 History of Nuclear Physics Survey, 1988-1989.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Alan M. Portis, 1982 June 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Brebis Bleaney, 1982 January 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with David Rittenhouse Inglis, 1977 May 9 and 10.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with E. W. Montroll, 1983 September 26.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Edward Gerjuoy, 2012 April 1, October 7, and 2013 April 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Elmer Hutchisson, 1970 October 22.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Lincoln Wolfenstein, 1997 April 19.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Manfred Biondi, 2008 August 16.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Marshall Ney States, 1963 January 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interviews. Nuclear and heavy-ion physics: BNL 814 and 877, 1996-1997.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Richard Pratt papers, 1820-2005 (bulk 1920-1998).
University Archives
University of Pittsburgh
7500 Thomas Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15208, USA
Vladimir K. Zworykin collection, 1929-1976 (bulk 1954-1971).
Manuscripts and Archives Department
Hagley Museum and Library
298 Buck Road East, Greenville, DE 19807, USA
Published Resources
Author
Benedum Earth Magnetism Symposium; [proceedings] / Edited by Takesi Nagata.