Robert Dicke
- Born: May 16, 1916 (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Died: March 4, 1997 (Princeton, New Jersey)
Education
- 1939: AB, Princeton University
- 1941: PhD, University of Rochester (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1941–1946: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Researcher
- 1946–1957: Princeton University, Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1957–1975: Princeton University, Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics
- 1975–1984: Princeton University, Albert Einstein Professor of Science
- 1984–1997: Princeton University, Emeritus Albert Einstein Professor of Science
Other Positions
- 1954–1955: Harvard University, Visiting Professor
- 1967–1970: Princeton University, Chair, Department of Physics
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1959–1961: Member, Advisory Panel on Physics, National Science Foundation
- 1961–1963: Chair, Advisory Committee on Atomic Physics, National Bureau of Standards
- 1963–1966: Chair, Committee on Physics, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 1963–1970: Member, Committee on Physics, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 1967–1969: Chair, Advisory Committee on Radio Astronomy, National Science Foundation
- 1970–1976: Member, National Science Board
- 1975–1980: Member, Visiting Committee, National Bureau of Standards
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
Princeton University Library, Manuscripts Division, Princeton, New Jersey
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1983: Available Online
- 1985: Available Online
Published Resources
W. Happer, P. J. E. Peebles, and D. T. Wilkinson, "Robert Henry Dicke: 1916-1997", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
