Robert Bacher
- Born: August 31, 1905 (Loudonville, Ohio)
- Died: November 18, 2004 (Montecito, California)
Education
- 1926: BS, University of Michigan
- 1930: PhD, University of Michigan
Major Positions
- 1930–1931: California Institute of Technology, National Research Fellow in Physics
- 1931–1932: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Research Fellow in Physics
- 1932–1933: University of Michigan, Lloyd Fellow
- 1934–1935: Columbia University, Instructor in Physics
- 1935–1949: Cornell University, Instructor to Professor of Physics
- 1946–1949: United States Atomic Energy Commission, Commissioner
- 1949–1976: California Institute of Technology, Professor of Physics
- 1962–1970: California Institute of Technology, Provost
- 1976–2004: California Institute of Technology, Emeritus Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1941–1945: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Researcher
- 1943–1944: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Head, Experimental Physics Division
- 1944–1945: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Head, Bomb Physics Division
- 1946–1947: Cornell University, Director, Nuclear Studies Laboratory
- 1949–1962: California Institute of Technology, Chair, Division of Physics Mathematics and Astronomy
- 1957–1959: President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), Member
- 1964–1964: American Physical Society, President
- 1973–1974: Universities Research Association, Acting President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1946–1946: Member, Board of Trustees, Associated Universities, Inc.
- 1946–1949: Science Adviser to the United States Representative, United Nations
- 1950–1960: Member, Board of Trustees, RAND Corporation
- 1953–1956: Member, Science Advisory Committee, United States Office of Defense Mobilization
- 1957–1962: Member, Naval Research Advisory Committee, United States Navy
- 1959–1976: Member, Board of Trustees, Carnegie Corporation
- 1962–1966: Member, Board of Trustees, Associated Universities, Inc.
- 1965–1975: Member, Board of Trustees, Universities Research Association, Inc.
- 1970–1973: Chair, Board of Trustees, Universities Research Association, Inc.
- 1970–1973: Member, Board of Trustees, Associated Universities, Inc.
- 1971–1988: Member, Board of Fellows, Claremont University Center
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
California Institute of Technology, Institute Archives, Pasadena, California
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1966: Available Online
- 1981: Available Online
- 1986: Available Online
Published Resources
Ward Whaling, "Robert F. Bacher: 1905-2004", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
