Robert Hofstadter
- Born: February 5, 1915 (New York, New York)
- Died: November 17, 1990
Education
- 1935: BS, City College of New York
- 1938: MA and PhD, Princeton University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1938–1939: Princeton University, Procter Fellow
- 1939–1940: University of Pennsylvania, Harrison Fellow
- 1940–1941: University of Pennsylvania, Instructor in Physics
- 1941–1942: City College of New York, Instructor
- 1942–1943: National Bureau of Standards, Physicist
- 1943–1946: Norden Laboratory Corporation, Physicist and Section Chief
- 1946–1950: Princeton University, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1950–1971: Stanford University, Associate Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1971–1985: Stanford University, Max H. Stein Professor of Physics
- 1985–1990: Stanford University, Emeritus Professor of Physics
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1972–1980: Consultant on laser fusion, KMS Fusion
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1958: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1961: Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1986: National Medal of Science
Archival Resources
Stanford University, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford, Calfornia
Oral History Interviews
- 1964: Columbia University, Oral History Research Office
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
Jerome I. Friedman and William A. Little, "Robert Hofstadter: 1915-1990", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Robert Hofstadter, "Learning about Nucleon Resonances with Pion Photoproduction," in Pions to Quarks: Particle Physics in the 1950s, ed. Laurie M. Brown, Max Dresden, and Lillian Hoddeson (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press: 1989), 126-143
