Walter Elsasser
- Born: March 20, 1904 (Mannheim, Germany)
- Died: October 14, 1991 (Baltimore, Maryland)
Education
- 1927: PhD, University of Göttingen (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1927–1927: University of Leiden, Assistant in Physics
- 1928–1928: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Assistant in Physics
- 1928–1930: Technische Hochschule, Berlin, Assistant in Physics
- 1930–1933: University of Frankfurt, Instructor in Physics
- 1933–1936: University of Paris, Sorbonne, Research Fellow, Institute Henri Poincare
- 1936–1941: California Institute of Technology, Assistant in Meteorology
- 1941–1942: Harvard University, Research Associate, Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
- 1942–1944: United States Army, Researcher, Signal Corps Laboratories, Fort Monmouth
- 1944–1945: Office of Scientific Research and Development, Member, Radio Wave Propagation Committee, National Defense Research Committee
- 1945–1947: Radio Corporation of America, Industrial Research on Electronics Laboratories
- 1947–1950: University of Pennsylvania, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1950–1956: University of Utah, Professor of Physics
- 1956–1960: Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Professor
- 1960–1962: University of California, San Diego, Professor
- 1962–1968: Princeton University, Professor of Geophysics
- 1968–1974: University of Maryland, Research Professor of Geophysics, Institute of Fluid Dynamics and Applied Mathematics
- 1975–1991: Johns Hopkins University, Adjunct Professor of Geophysics
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1957: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1972: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow
- 1987: National Medal of Science
Archival Resources
Johns Hopkins University, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Special Collections, Baltimore, Maryland
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1962: Available Online
- 1985: American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
- 1986: American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
Published Resources
Harry Rubin, "Walter M. Elsasser: 1904-1991", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Walter M. Elsasser, Memoirs of a Physicist in the Atomic Age (New York: Science History Publications, 1978)
