Robert Christy
- Born: May 14, 1916 (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
- Died: October 3, 2012 (Pasadena, California)
Education
- 1935: BA, University of British Columbia
- 1937: MA, University of British Columbia
- 1941: PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Theoretical Physics)
Major Positions
- 1941–1942: Illinois Institute of Technology, Instructor in Physics
- 1942–1943: Manhattan Project, Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Researcher
- 1943–1946: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Researcher
- 1946–1986: California Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor to Professor
- 1970–1980: California Institute of Technology, Vice President and Provost
- 1977–1978: California Institute of Technology, Acting President
- 1986–2012: California Institute of Technology, Emeritus Professor of Physics
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1969–1971: Chair of the Faculty, California Institute of Technology
Selected Awards and Honors
Oral History Interviews
- 1994: Available Online
Published Resources
Sara Lippincott, "A Conversation with Robert F. Christy -- Part I," Physics in Perspective 8 (2006): 282-317
Sara Lippincott, "A Conversation with Robert F. Christy -- Part II," Physics in Perspective 8 (2006): 408-450
