Francis Low
- Born: October 27, 1921 (New York, New York)
- Died: February 16, 2007 (Haverford, Pennsylvania)
Education
- 1942: BA, Harvard University
- 1947: MS, Columbia University
- 1949: PhD, Columbia University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1949–1950: Columbia University, Instructor in Physics
- 1950–1952: Institute for Advanced Study, Member
- 1952–1956: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1957–1968: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Physics
- 1968–1985: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Karl Compton Professor of Physics
- 1980–1985: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Provost
- 1985–1992: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Professor, Laboratory for Nuclear Science
- 1992–2007: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Professor Emeritus
Other Positions
- 1974–1983: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Director, Center for Theoretical Physics
- 1979–1985: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Director, Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Selected Awards and Honors
Oral History Interviews
- 1986: Available Online
Published Resources
David Kaiser and Marc A. Kastner, "Francis E. Low: 1921-2007", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
David Kaiser, "Francis E. Low: Coming of Age as a Physicist in Postwar America," Physics @ MIT: MIT Physics Annual 14 (2001): 22-31 and 70-77.
