Robert Brode
- Born: June 12, 1900 (Walla Walla, Washington)
- Died: February 19, 1986 (Berkeley, California)
Education
- 1921: BSc, Whitman College
- 1924: PhD, California Institute of Technology (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1924–1924: National Bureau of Standards, Associate Physicist
- 1924–1925: Oxford University, Rhodes Scholar
- 1925–1926: University of Göttingen, National Research Fellow in Physics
- 1926–1927: Princeton University, National Research Fellow in Physics
- 1927–1932: University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1932–1967: University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Physics
- 1967–1986: University of California, Berkeley, Emeritus Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1932–1932: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visiting Associate Professor
- 1934–1935: Cambridge University, Guggenheim Fellow
- 1934–1935: University of London, Guggenheim Fellow
- 1941–1943: Johns Hopkins University, Unit Supervisor, Applied Physics Laboratory
- 1943–1946: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Leader, Fuse Development Group
- 1951–1952: University of Manchester, Fulbright Fellow
- 1954–1960: International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, Vice President
- 1958–1959: National Science Foundation, Associate Director of Research
- 1964–1965: University of California, Berkeley, Acting Director, Space Science Laboratory
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1948–1955: Chair, Advisory Board, Naval Ordnance Test Station, United States Navy
- 1951–1957: Member, US National Committee, Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), National Research Council
- 1962–1965: Chair, Committee on Physics Faculties in Colleges, American Association of Physics Teachers
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, Berkeley, California
Published Resources
William B. Fretter with David L. Judd, "Robert Bigham Brode: 1900-1986", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
