Yoichiro Nambu
- Born: January 18, 1921 (Tokyo, Japan)
Education
- 1942: Imperial University of Tokyo, MS
- 1952: DSc, University of Tokyo (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1950–1956: Osaka City University, Asisstant Professor to Professor
- 1952–1954: Institute for Advanced Study, Member
- 1954–1956: University of Chicago, Research Associate
- 1956–1958: University of Chicago, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1958–1971: University of Chicago, Professor of Physics
- 1971–1976: University of Chicago, Distinguished Service Professor
- 1976–1991: University of Chicago, Harry Judson Distinguished Service Professor
- 1991–present: University of Chicago, Harry Judson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
Other Positions
- 1974–1977: University of Chicago, Chair, Department of Physics
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1970: American Physical Society, Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
- 1973: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1982: National Medal of Science
- 1994: American Physical Society, J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics
- 1994: Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics
- 2008: Nobel Prize in Physics
Oral History Interviews
- 2004: Available Online
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
Yoichiro Nambu, "Gauge Principle, Vector-Meson Dominance, and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking," in Pions to Quarks: Particle Physics in the 1950s, ed. Laurie M. Brown, Max Dresden, and Lillian Hoddeson (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press: 1989), 639-642
